The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is mourning the loss of one of its most highly respected elders. Jacob Ratt served in the capacities of employee, elected councillor and elder with the La Ronge band for 48 years. Ratt began working for LLRIB in 1971 as a carpenter, moving...
Job layoffs at the Northern Wild Fishery are having a rippling effect in Northern Saskatchewan. 20 people in Wollaston Lake, five in Prince Albert and the livelihoods of contributing fisherman, were immediately felt Thursday as the Fishery closed its doors. Anne...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have signed another player. The Ice Wolves have agreed to terms with 2000-born defenceman Sawan Gill for the upcoming season. “I’m a two-way defenceman, I really like to jump up into the rush,” said Gill. “I think I can move the puck really...
The Tony Cote First Nations Summer Games kick off this weekend. Flying Dust First Nation is hosting the event this year. “There’s delegations from 13 tribal councils, they are allocated 350 – that’s athletes, coaches and chaperones,” said Games Manager Clay DeBray....
The first wave of as many as 3,000 evacuees from northwestern Ontario began arriving in Regina Thursday morning. The area has been ravaged by wildfires this summer and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe confirmed yesterday the province is in a position to help Ontario...
Indigenous child welfare legislation is getting a lot of attention from provincial politicians to protesters. The premiers and national Indigenous leaders met Tuesday on the Big River First Nation to discuss implementing newly passed federal Indigenous child welfare...
La Ronge will host the JRMCC Men’s Fastball Tournament this weekend. The action is taking place at the JRMCC Sports Grounds, with things kicking off Friday and wrapping up Sunday. “We started this last year and we want to continue to host this event – and try to...
A federal court has ruled a Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation councillor must step down and by-election be held. PBCN’s election tribunal previously ruled the 2018 election of urban councillor Warren McCallum was invalid due to election irregularities. McCallum...
TD’s Summer Reading Club and the Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System have teamed up to deliver the reading initiative at 10 school libraries around north-central Saskatchewan next week. Pahkisimon Nuye?ah has been offering the program for over two decades and every year...
A 30-year-old man has been charged with several offenses after a stabbing on the Clearwater River Dene Nation last weekend. La Loche RCMP say a man, armed with a machete, broke into a local residence and assaulted another male while he was sleeping. The victim...
