Drive thru COVID-19 testing coming to Prince Albert

Drive thru COVID-19 testing coming to Prince Albert

Prince Albert will soon have a drive thru COVID-19 testing site. In a media release sent out Monday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said a site will be opening Dec. 2 at The Cone Shop Car Wash on 890 6th Ave. E The site will be running seven days a...
RCMP requesting information after finding body Friday

RCMP requesting information after finding body Friday

Glaslyn and Turtleford RCMP are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. RCMP said they were called Friday afternoon about a deceased man on grid road 30 kilometres southeast of Glaslyn. The man has been identified as Bradley John Ham, 54, who is known...
Rangers deployed to Hatchet Lake to help with COVID-19

Rangers deployed to Hatchet Lake to help with COVID-19

The Canadian Rangers are in the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation assisting local COVID-19 relief efforts. Federal Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan, said Thursday that the Northern Sask. community requested assistance from the military. Public Safety Minister Bill...
Northern Store to open in Pelican Narrows Saturday

Northern Store to open in Pelican Narrows Saturday

The Northern Store is opening its doors in Pelican Narrows Saturday for the first time in four years. A fire previously destroyed the store and a new building was built in its place. Yet with COVID-19 impacting many northern communities a grand opening will not be...
FSIN Vice Chief Pratt tests positive for COVID-19

FSIN Vice Chief Pratt tests positive for COVID-19

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief David Pratt said he has COVID-19. “I received a phone call and notification from the Saskatchewan Health Authority that I did test positive for COVID-19,” Pratt said in a Facebook video. “The symptoms that I...
Tributes, condolences continue for Indigenous hockey legend

Tributes, condolences continue for Indigenous hockey legend

Condolences and tributes continue to pour in for Fred Sasakamoose. The Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation man, who was one of the first Indigenous hockey players to make it to the NHL, passed away from complications due to COVID-19 on Tuesday. He was 86. Although Sasakamoose’s...