by Joel Willick | Dec 16, 2024
Last week, the City of Saskatoon released the results of a Point in Time homelessness count from October. The results were shocking, showing a drastic rise in numbers from two years prior. In 2022, a similar count found just under 600 people experiencing homelessness...
by Joel Willick | Dec 13, 2024
The Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is calling for immediate action to address homelessness in Saskatoon. A Point-in Time homelessness count was conducted in the city in October. The shocking results of that count were released on Thursday showing Saskatoon as...
by Joel Willick | Dec 10, 2024
In 2019, Saskatchewan’s Provincial Auditor gave the Northern Lights School Division several recommendations to improve purchasing practices. The recommendations came following an audit of the school division the year prior. The auditor felt the school division...
by Joel Willick | Dec 6, 2024
A man who admitted to murdering a Metis woman in Saskatoon over four years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. Megan Gallagher was killed in 2020 with her body found nearly two years later in the South Saskatchewan River. Five people were accused of murdering...
by Joel Willick | Dec 4, 2024
On Saturday, the Manitoba Métis Federation signed a historic modern Métis treaty with the federal government – the first of its kind in the country. While the agreement doesn’t come with a list of benefits for Métis in Manitoba, it commits Canada to working with...
by Joel Willick | Nov 26, 2024
On Monday, Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party outlined the government’s priorities in the 2024 Throne speech. The speech kicked off the fall sitting of the legislative assembly following October’s election. During the speech, Moe addressed affordability,...
by Joel Willick | Nov 26, 2024
For over two decades Saskatchewan’s Athabasca constituency had one member represent them at the Legislative Assembly. That person was Buckley Belanger, who was first elected as a member of the Liberal party in 1995 before switching to the NDP for the 1998...
by Joel Willick | Nov 20, 2024
The current chief of Buffalo River Dene Nation has been elected as the next Dene Vice-Chief for the Meadow Lake Tribal Council. Norma Catarat was selected for the executive role at the MLTC’s election assembly at Dakota Dunes on Wednesday. She defeated...
by Joel Willick | Nov 19, 2024
Recent reports of scurvy cases in northern Saskatchewan has brought food security concerns in the north to the forefront of public discourse. The reports conducted by a doctor, at the behest of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, found, in 50 patients studied, over half had...
by Joel Willick | Nov 18, 2024
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is holding an election assembly at Whitecap Dakota Nation this week. The assembly began Monday morning and over the next few days, the tribal council will discuss several matters facing the 9 member first nations. Tribal Chief Jeremy...
