The Saskatchewan government is holding firm on its decision to arm conservation officers with semi-automatic rifles. Officers are already armed with a handgun and shotgun but the government claims they need the increased firepower because they face “potentially...
An inmate who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge on the Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation is now back in custody. RCMP say they arrested Louis Bonneau in a rural area near Macdowell, Tuesday afternoon. Police say Bonneau surrendered without incident and...
Over three dozen University of Saskatchewan medical students and some family medicine residents were able to experience medical and cultural life in two northern Saskatchewan communities this past weekend. The event took place in Ile-a-la-Crosse and Buffalo Narrows on...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves were searching for their third straight win on Tuesday in North Battleford, but that did not happen as the North Stars skated away with an 8-3 victory. “We were just flat, right from the start,” said Ice Wolves Assistant Coach Gaelan...
Education Minister Gordon Wyant says ministry officials are working with the Northern Lights School Division on developing a strategy for teacher shortages. At the start of the year the School Division stated there was a need for approximately 14 educators for...
The Pasqua First Nation is celebrating this week after band members voted Monday in favour of a $145 million government treaty settlement. The settlement has to do with an unlawful seizure of land by the Crown from Pasqua that dates back more than 100 years. Todd...
RCMP say an Onion Lake First Nation man is facing weapons and drug charges, following the discharge of a firearm at a house there Sunday. Mounties say while investigating they discovered one ounce of marijuana, a scale, small baggies and cash. A loaded forearm was...
The head of a national Indigenous tourism association says northern Saskatchewan entrepreneurs should not hesitate to get into the industry. Keith Henry is the president of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada. He says there may be the perception out there...
The George Gordon First Nation is holding a Community Impact Assessment regarding Embridge’s Line 3 Replacement Program. The current pipeline is decommissioned and a new line is being constructed. The pipeline carries oil from Hardesy, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin...
A federal report into the deadly riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert in December 2016, found it was not caused by inmate frustrations over food quantity and working conditions, but rather a lack of compromise from management and inmates. “The Sask....
