Several youth from the Black Lake First Nation are cycling 1500 kilometers from their home community in northern Saskatchewan to Lac St. Anne Alberta to raise awareness to suicide prevention. The youth aged 13 to 27 have already completed more than 600 kilometers,...
An RCMP officer in Pelican Narrows has been removed from the community and reassigned to non-frontline duties after videos of two arrests went viral on social media over the weekend. In both videos, the same officer has their gun drawn and is using profane language...
Prince Albert Police Chief Jon Bergen says he has a planned meeting with the Women’s Commission of the Prince Albert Grand Council to discuss how the force can improve itself based on the recommendations from the Final Report into the National Inquiry into Missing and...
The Information and Privacy Commissioner is asking the Resort Village of Candle Lake to redo a search for records that relates to a janitorial contract that one of its Councillors has entered into with the Village. Commissioner Ronald Kruzeniski in his report says the...
UPDATE – Police say Wolfgang Amadeus Mckenzie turned himself in on Tuesday. McKenzie is scheduled to appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on Wednesday. RCMP have arrested a third person and are looking for a fourth in relation to a shooting incident that took...
The national Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health (IIPH) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has launched a new five-year plan with an investment of approximately $43 million in research. “It’s about the communities setting the research agenda and that...
After close to a century-and-a-half, the Treaty 6 medal is heading home to a northwestern Saskatchewan First Nation. Upon his passing in 1885, the medal was stolen from the body of Chief Red Pheasant by an Indian agent and later ended up in the possession of the...
At the 2019 SJHL Bantam Draft in Nipawin, the La Ronge Ice Wolves ended up selecting five players. With the 25th overall pick in the third round, the Ice Wolves drafted defenceman Tre Fouquette from Warman. “I think I’m like a two-way defenceman,” said Fouquette. “I’m...
The provincial government has appointed Murray Pelletier as a judge to the provincial court in North Battleford. Pelletier is a member of the Cowessess First Nation. He received a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2007 and started as a lawyer with...
Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth Corey O’Soup has stepped down amidst allegations of harassment. The announcement was made late Thursday afternoon by the Saskatchewan Legislature’s Board of Internal Economy. O’Soup’s resignation comes after board MLAs...
