Prince Albert police continue to investigate what they are calling a serious incident and are warning the public of an increased police presence in an area in the city. Police say there was evidence of a serious assault at a home on the 300 block of 9th Street East on...
(By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. The StarPhoenix) Saskatchewan’s lone gold miner is spending millions to buy an exploration company in the province’s north. Vancouver-based SSR Mining Inc. has acquired Taiga Gold Corp. for $27...
New figures released by Stats Canada suggest that Saskatchewan’s homicide rate is 17 times higher for Indigenous people. 46 Indigenous people were killed in the province in 2020, compared to 13 non-Indigenous. Yet a University of Saskatchewan professor said he noticed...
SaskPower is looking to help people living on northern Saskatchewan First Nations lower their power bills. To do this the corporation is teaming up with the federal government to launch the Northern First Nations Home Retrofit Program. Scott McGregor a media relations...
A northern addiction and mental health intervention camp will be receiving a one-time grant from the provincial government. The Kineepik Métis Local #9 will be getting $337,000 for the Muskwa Lake Wellness Camp, located near Pinehouse. Part of the funds will be used...
A Councillor with a northern First Nation said the restrictions and life upheaval caused through the COVID-19 pandemic have caused an increase in depression, leading to more suicides and addictions. Devin Bernatchez, with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band said job losses,...
On Monday morning, the federal government announced it will hand over a volume of residential school records to a national archives centre. The government has been criticized recently for withholding these documents. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller...
One person is dead after two semis collided about 10 kilometers north of Davidson. The collision happened around 2 a.m. Monday. According to RCMP, one semi jack-knifed on the highway and a second hit it. The two occupants of the jack-knifed semi didn’t report...
The province is investing up to $1 million to assist Alberta in its fight to stop the migration of the Mountain Pine Beetle. The wood-boring insect, which made its presence known to British Columbia in the early 1990’s is responsible for impacting more than 18 million...
SaskTel has announced the next set of communities who will get it’s fibre optic internet service. 24 rural communities will be next up to get the faster internet service, including La Loche, Buffalo Narrows and Île-à-la Crosse. This is phase four of the...
