The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan has launched a new program to help cancer patients with travel costs for treatment. The organization says the Cancer Transportation Pilot Program is based on feedback received at its health and well-being engagement sessions. In a press...
Back to Batoche Days got underway Thursday but in a virtual way. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no festival this year at the national historic site. However, Minister of Batoche Sherry McLennan said people are still competing in traditional Métis...
In the third round and with the 34th overall pick in the 2020 SJHL Bantam Draft, the La Ronge Ice Wolves selected forward Zane Normand from Saskatoon. “I think I’m a smaller player who likes to play the body,” said Normand. “I like being a grinder, somebody who isn’t...
Two University of Saskatchewan researchers are examining the impacts of oilsands development on First Nations communities in Northern Alberta. Clinton Westman is the head of the department of anthropology and archeology at the university. He is working with Glenn...
Six years after they opened a fraud investigation, the RCMP has charged a former employee of the Clearwater River Dene Nation with stealing more than $1 million from the First Nation. Sixty-one-year-old Johnny Cheecham is facing a charge of fraud over $5,000. The...
The province has turned to northern and First Nations leaders for support to apply pressure on the federal government to commit funds to the reclamation of the Gunnar Mine. Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre has written to Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation...
A La Ronge wild rice company is expecting a smaller than usual harvest this year. Katy Muirhead, one of the owners of Against the Grain, said high-water levels this summer are contributing to a decreased crop. She said they usually don’t start harvesting until the end...
A University of Saskatchewan researcher plans to work with the Clearwater River Dene Nation and La Loche as part of a study of the Denesuline language. Olga Lovick is a linguistics professor at the U of S. She will be working with the two communities with the goal of...
It was a solid showing for Sucker River golfer Dade Bernatchez this week. The 13-year-old, who plays on the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour, finished in fifth place in a bantam boys event at Moon Lake Golf and Country Club near Saskatoon. Bernatchez shot a 76 on Monday...
La Ronge RCMP are looking for two individuals suspected of breaking into a local pharmacy. Mounties say the break-in happened shortly after 4 a.m. in a business located on the 800 block of La Ronge Avenue. Police say a significant amount of narcotics was stolen from a...
