by Joel Willick | Mar 20, 2023
Last week, the Saskatchewan First Act passed third reading despite strong opposition from Indigenous groups. The government says the Act aims to assert its jurisdiction over natural resources. The legislation has garnered the ire of Indigenous groups since it was...
by Joel Willick | Mar 15, 2023
At the 2023 Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention on Wednesday in Saskatoon Premier Scott Moe made announcements for increases in municipal revenue sharing along with an increase to funding to recruit doctors to rural and northern areas....
by Joel Willick | Mar 7, 2023
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority is celebrating the grand opening of the first sports bar in one of their casinos. On Tuesday night, the new Sevens Sports Bar at Dakota Dunes Casino officially held a grand opening and ribbon cutting. The new bar features...
by Joel Willick | Mar 2, 2023
Jury provides 15 recommendations; inquest coroner adds three more 8:09 pm After over seven hours of deliberating the jury provided 15 recommendations. 4 to the Corps of Commissionaires (Who hire the civilian guards) and 11 to the RCMP. To the Commissionaires the jury...
by Joel Willick | Mar 1, 2023
Testimony from most experienced RCMP officer so far concludes day three of inquest, however he was not in Onion Lake at the time of Wolfe’s passing 5:29 pm Corporal Christopher Doctor was the final witness of Thursday. Doctor has been a member of the RCMP for 16...
by Joel Willick | Feb 28, 2023
Day 2 of the inquest concludes with testimony from RCMP officer 6:35 pm Constable Michal Page who was with the Onion Lake RCMP detachment at the time of Randy Wolfe’s passing was the first representative of the RCMP to testify at the inquest. Cst. Page spoke on the...
by Joel Willick | Feb 27, 2023
Other witness on Monday is Randy Wolfe’s sister – inquest adjourned until Tuesday 5:55pm The next witness at the inquest was Randy Wolfe’s sister Loralie McAdam. McAdam was arrested with Wolfe the day he died. She spoke on how Randy just got a new job he was very...
by Joel Willick | Feb 15, 2023
A man from Saskatoon has been criminally charged for comments he allegedly made about Megan Gallagher. Gallagher, a Metis woman from Saskatoon, was killed in 2020 and her body was found in the South Saskatchewan River near the town of St. Louis in September of this...
by Joel Willick | Feb 15, 2023
The family of a woman murdered in Saskatoon more than 20-year-ago is concerned about her killer receiving day parole. In June 2002, Kenneth Mackay was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Crystal Paskemin of Sweetgrass First Nation. In December 2000, Mackay had...
by Joel Willick | Feb 14, 2023
Orano is making an investment to help increase the number of women working in their northern Saskatchewan operations and their company as a whole. The uranium company announced a $1 million donation to Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Women in Trades and Technology...
