The widow of a La Ronge restaurateur killed following a robbery last April vows to advocate for better funding for victims of crime. Cora Laich’s husband Simon Grant died of his injuries after an attack at his business Louisiana’s Bar-B-Que. Three people have entered...
A report of the use of administrative segregation in Saskatchewan’s correctional facilities shows that over eight-in-ten inmates are Aboriginal. The 2016 audit says 82 per cent of the 542 incidents of administrative placements over a three-month period were...
Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger is demanding the Saskatchewan Party government immediately restore the rental housing supplement, calling the decision to change the subsidy not well thought out. New North is looking for families who use the program to share their...
After going to court and winning multiple times for the release of financial documents of the Onion Lake Cree Nation, band member Charmaine Stick stood on the steps of the Regina courthouse Monday clutching a white binder of financial information. Stick says it was...
Saskatchewan Environment has introduced changes for the coming wildfire season. It is one of the findings in an interim report put together by the Prince Albert Grand Council’s Wildfire Task Force. The task force was formed “to provide an independent review of...
Cameco Corporation says it posted a profit for the first quarter of 2018. In financials released Friday, the uranium producer reported net earnings of $55 million to the end of March 31. This is compared to an $18 million loss a year ago. Cameco says lower costs, and...
Two Saskatchewan Rush players were in La Loche Thursday, teaching students at three area schools there lacrosse. Mark Matthews and Jeremy Thompson were at the Clearwater River Dene School, Dene High, and Ducharme Elementary. While with the students, Matthews and...
Two young Indigenous women are about to embark on a month-long walk from Saskatoon to Winnipeg to highlight what they say are recent injustices towards Indigenous people. Katryna Smith and Kayla Ironstar-Murray say they were inspired by the recent acquittals of the...
New North is looking for families who use the rental income supplement program to share their stories on how the subsidy is helping lower their housing costs. The program will no longer be accepting new clients on June 30, as the provincial government is doing away...
Two new programs for Metis students have been announced by the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan. The initiatives involve the Gabriel Dumont Research Chair in Metis Studies and Gabriel Dumont graduate scholarships for Metis students. Both...
