by Joel Willick | Jun 7, 2024
A judge has rendered a decision on a matter of evidence at a high-profile impaired driving trial in Saskatoon. Taylor Kennedy is accused of THC impaired driving causing the death of 9-year-old Baeleigh Maurice in September 2021. The trial was in “voir-dire”, or a...
by Joel Willick | Jun 6, 2024
The provincial government has released a progress report on its response to the Calls to Action from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. June 3 marked the fifth-year anniversary of the 241 Calls to Action from the national...
by Joel Willick | Jun 6, 2024
CONTENT WARNING: The following may contain distressing details. An RCMP internal review, released Thursday, says it didn’t find any circumstances that impeded the RCMP’s response to the James Smith Cree Nation mass stabbing tragedy, however, areas of...
by Joel Willick | Jun 6, 2024
The management board of two herds of caribou that can, at times, be found in northern Saskatchewan have launched a ten year plan. It is 43rd year of operation the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB), which serves as an advisory board to help care...
by Joel Willick | Jun 6, 2024
2023-2024 was a historic year for the Moose Jaw Warriors. The Warriors would defeat the Portland Winterhawks in the Western Hockey League finals to capture the team’s first WHL championship. The Warriors would get to the finals following an entertainingly...
by Joel Willick | Jun 4, 2024
A first-ever Indigenous film festival is coming to Saskatoon this week. 80 films from Indigenous film-makers across the world will be screened at theatres across the city as part of the inaugural Acimowin Film Festival. Trisitn Greyeyes is the festival’s founder...
by Joel Willick | May 31, 2024
A unique art exhibit is open on Friday at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. Cree-Metis artis Kevin McKenzie has spent the past several weeks as the artist-in-residence at the Heritage Park. His parting exhibit is called Not Noble; Just Deadly and features several pieces of...
by Joel Willick | May 29, 2024
Ahkathkakoop Cree Nation and the province of Saskatchewan have signed an agreement moving them closer to completing a new project in Saskatoon. The two sides officially signed a Project Development Agreement Wednesday afternoon for the planned Urgent Care Centre in...
by Joel Willick | May 27, 2024
Last month, the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan made the decision to withdraw from Bill C-53. The beleaguered bill was a proposed self-governance treaty between Ottawa and Metis Nations in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario. When the MN-S announced the decision to withdraw...
by Joel Willick | May 14, 2024
Saskatchewan has launched the province’s first portable pediatric MRI machine located at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon. The portable MRI will be able to be moved around the hospital to give a patient a brain scan in minutes allowing loved...
