CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains depictions of suicide that may be distressing to some readers. UPDATE: Updated with response from the family A 6-person jury at the inquest into the death of Shane Cantre has provided 9 recommendations to Correctional...
CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains depictions of suicide that may be distressing to some readers. A coroner’s inquest into the death of Shane Cantre at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon in 2021 has heard all testimony on the circumstances...
Shane Cantre died by suicide at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon on July 16, 2021. A coroner’s inquest has been taking place in Saskatoon this week examining the circumstances around his death. The inquest has heard how Cantre was found hanging in...
43-year-old Shane Cantre died at the Regional Psychiatric Centre on July 16, 2021. Cantre was found unresponsive in his cell and life-saving methods by RPC staff and EMS who arrived on scene were unsuccessful. He would be declared dead at the scene by EMS Personel. An...
There will be a new face on the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations executive. At the FSIN assembly in Saskatoon Thursday, Craig McCallum defeated incumbent Heather Bear for the Office of the fourth vice-chief. McCallum, a former Prince Albert Raider, received...
FSIN chief Bobby Cameron has provided a response to claims a criminal record should have disqualified him from a previous election. In a CBC article published this past week, Myrna Osoup Boushie, the Chief Electoral Officer for the FSIN election in the fall of 2021,...
The First Nations Health Ombudsperson Office has officially opened in Saskatchewan. Situated in Saskatoon, the newly formed office will investigate, document, and report on health system complaints from First Nations people in the province. Diane Lafond will take up...
Representatives from the Metis Nation Saskatchewan were in a celebratory mood Tuesday morning. The Nation was celebrating the grand opening of the Ma Faami centre in Saskatoon. Ma Faami is a location Metis citizens can go to get connected to culturally safe programs...
An Indigenous beading store in Saskatoon has unveiled a new mural on the side of their building. His Bead, Saskatoon’s first Indigenous beading store, celebrated the unveiling of their new mural on Wednesday morning. The store is owned my Metis entrepreneur...
English River First Nation is now the owner of what has been described as Canada’s first fully Indigenous-owned coffee company. Des Nedhe Group, the economic arm of the First Nation, has partnered with Roadhouse Coffee to create Solstice Coffee. The new company...
