Saskatoon’s Allan Lafond is coming off his first season of playing with Dalhousie University in the Atlantic Football League. He played his final year of high school football at Aden Bowman before advancing through the ranks. Lafond, who is a defensive...
An updated Woodland Cree dictionary will soon be finished. Minnie McKenzie, the Cree language and culture coordinator for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band Education division, said she is hoping to have the dictionary finished sometime this fall. McKenzie has been working...
The province is reporting two additional COVID-19 related deaths. Health officials Monday say the two people in their 60’s and 70’s were in the Far North. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 13. Four new cases Monday, including one in the Far...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves ended up making seven selections during Friday’s SJHL Bantam Draft. The Ice Wolves held the eighth overall pick and selected forward Rylan Williams from Kyle, SK. Williams had 66 points in 31 games with the Swift Current Broncos Bantam AA team...
A vice-chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says Saskatchewan’s child welfare system is clearly broken when it comes to Indigenous children. David Pratt was reacting to statistics released by the Ministry of Social Services earlier this week that...
The final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was released a year ago Wednesday. An action plan by the federal government was supposed to follow but has yet to be released. The government announced last week that the...
The Northern Air Transport Association (NATA) is advocating for potential solutions to reduce the impact northern Canadian airlines are feeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many northern air operators are seeing what is usually their busy season significantly reduced...
A La Ronge woman says her 15-year-old son is lucky to be alive after he was thrown off his motorcycle after hitting a cable wire last week. Tammy Quandt said her son Tyler was riding his dirt bike in the evening in a back alley in Air Ronge when he struck a wire that...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have announced a trade. The Ice Wolves have sent 2000-born forward Kyle Ford to the Kindersley Klippers. This completes the trade last season that saw the Ice Wolves acquire 20-year-old defenceman Jake Hobson, who only appeared in five games...
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency has issued a high water advisory for parts of the north. The advisory applies to the Churchill River system east of Peter Pond Lake. Officials say above normal precipitation has led to high water in central and eastern areas of...
