A La Ronge resident says he was inspired to open a driving school after spending years as a truck driver in Saskatchewan. Witnessing poor driving habits first hand on northern highways, Tanner Cook started Keewatin Driver Training school in July. “My previous...
Expectant mothers in northeastern Saskatchewan are being told they will have to deliver their babies in The Pas or Prince Albert as of November 18, as the Flin Flon hospital will no longer offer the service. Rural Health Minister Greg Ottenbreit confirms that the...
Correctional Service Canada says escaped convict Edward Daniel Ross has been recaptured. (PHOTO: Edward Daniel Ross. Photo courtesy of Correctional Service Canada Facebook page.)
Saskatoon police say they have recovered most of the traditional Indigenous ceremonial clothing items stolen from a parked vehicle last month. Jingle dresses and beaded moccasins were taken from the vehicle while parked in the 2200 block of 22nd Street West on Oct....
Police are releasing little information after the body of an adult male was discovered in his home on the Little Black Bear First Nation Tuesday. An autopsy has been completed in Regina with results pending. RCMP Major Crimes Unit South and the Forensic Identification...
A number of treaty chiefs from Saskatchewan and Alberta have sent letters to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stating their opposition to Canada’s proposed Indigenous rights recognition and implementation framework. “The First Nations have made it known publicly and in...
A standoff is brewing over jurisdiction regarding the sale of recreational marijuana. First Nations say they have the authority to operate a retail store on-reserve, as demonstrated by the Muscowpetung First Nation’s passing of their Cannabis Act and announcing...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is standing in full support of a retail cannabis dispensary on a Saskatchewan First Nation. The Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation was slated to open a retail cannabis outlet on-reserve Wednesday morning. Saskatchewan Justice...
It was a solid effort from the La Ronge Ice Wolves, but they ended up dropping a 2-1 decision to the Nipawin Hawks at the Mel Hegland Uniplex on Tuesday evening. “As we went through the second and third, I thought we started moving pucks a little bit more and taking...
Saskatchewan’s justice minister says the Muscowpetung First Nation’s plans to move forward as a recreational cannabis retailer are not legal. The First Nation sent out a press release Tuesday morning saying it has passed a cannabis act and will be announcing a related...
