by Joel Willick | Sep 11, 2024
The Tribal Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is speaking out against a planned 30-bed homeless shelter in the city. A location for the new facility was approved by city council last week with the facility to be operated by the Mustard Seed. It will be located on...
by Joel Willick | Sep 3, 2024
As students head back to classrooms on Tuesday, a Cree bilingual school in Saskatoon received a major financial boost. The Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation announced a $250,000 donation to the St. Frances Cree Bilingual school. The donation will be used...
by Joel Willick | Aug 27, 2024
Thunderchild First Nation has entered into a collaborative agreement with the University of Saskatchewan. The two groups came together to sign an official Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday morning. According to officials, the purpose of the agreement will be to...
by Joel Willick | Aug 22, 2024
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse was in Saskatchewan this week conducting engagement sessions on a $47.8 billion child welfare reform settlement. The AFN secured the commitment from the federal government in July, to be paid out over ten years....
by Joel Willick | Aug 14, 2024
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is calling on both the Government of Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan to reject a uranium mine project in northern Saskatchewan. The MN-S says the planned PLS Uranium Mine by Fission Uranium Corp on Patterson Lake has the potential...
by Joel Willick | Aug 6, 2024
After an exhaustive 93-day search of the Saskatoon landfill, police have located the remains of MacKenzie Trottier. Trottier went missing in December 2020 with questions of her disappearance lingering for years. This past May, the Saskatoon Police Service began a...
by Joel Willick | Jul 31, 2024
A new partnership will bring free admission to Wanuskewin Heritage Park for several days this month. SGI Canada and Wanuskewin announced a new one-year partnership Wednesday morning. The partnership will see SGI provide $31,000 to help fund learning experiences at the...
by Joel Willick | Jul 18, 2024
A high profile impaired driving trial in Saskatoon was back in court on Thursday. It was an emotional and tense day at court for the trial of Taylor Kennedy, who is charged with THC impaired driving in the 2021 death of 9-year-old Baileigh Maurice. The trial is...
by Joel Willick | Jul 15, 2024
The federal government has provided an apology to nine Dakota and Lakota nations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A ceremony took place Monday Morning at Whitecap Dakota First Nation where the federal government delivered an apology to Dakota and Lakota Nations in the...
by Joel Willick | Jul 11, 2024
Homelessness happens across the province, not just in urban centres. That’s why the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is planning a Point-in-Time homelessness count this October they hope will reach more communities in the province. In previous years, PiT homelessness...
