Indigenous graduates honoured by U of S

Indigenous graduates honoured by U of S

Education professor Marie Battiste. Photo courtesy usask.ca The University of Saskatchewan is honouring four Indigenous graduates for their contributions to Canada. The university nominated 10 former grads to be recognized by the Canada 150 Citizens Selection...
SaskPower recognized for Aboriginal inclusion

SaskPower recognized for Aboriginal inclusion

Photo courtesy of SaskPower The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has certified SaskPower with gold status for Aboriginal relations. It is the highest rating, recognizing the corporation as a good business partner and a great place to work. “The...
UPDATE: Police looking for Montreal Lake woman

UPDATE: Police looking for Montreal Lake woman

Laura Naytowhow. Photo courtesy of RCMP. UPDATE: Laura Naytowhow has been arrested in Prince Albert. Waskesiu RCMP are looking to the public for information on a 30-year-old woman from Montreal Lake. Last Sunday around 7:00 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop on...
La Ronge girl threatened on way back to school

La Ronge girl threatened on way back to school

An elementary school in La Ronge has put out a warning to parents following an incident in a nearby neighbourhood yesterday. Pre-Cam Community School says it has learned a man in a truck offered to give a Grade 5 student a ride, and then threatened the girl. The...
U of S Aboriginal student enrollment on the rise

U of S Aboriginal student enrollment on the rise

Photo courtesy of usask.ca The number of Aboriginal students on the University of Saskatchewan campus continues to rise. Self-declared Aboriginal student enrollment at the university is up 7 per cent compared to this time last year. The university says as of the first...
Fires controlled but not contained

Fires controlled but not contained

Fire map. Photo courtesy of Government of Saskatchewan. It is another smoky day in Pelican Narrows, as crews continue to battle three fires that have consumed more than 1,000 square kilometres of forest. The largest fire, about 14 kilometres southeast of Pelican...
Manslaughter charges stayed in two recent cases

Manslaughter charges stayed in two recent cases

La Ronge Provincial Court. File photo. A Crown prosecutor in La Ronge says there was no likelihood of a conviction in a manslaughter case, so prosecutors had no choice but to stay the charges against a Sucker River woman. Shawna Finlayson, 28, was accused in the death...
Canoe Lake woman’s protest enters third week

Canoe Lake woman’s protest enters third week

Mary Gardiner has been set up outside the Canoe Lake band office in a tent. Photo courtesy Mary Gardiner via Facebook. A Canoe Lake First Nation woman is on the third week of a protest outside the Canoe Lake Band Office. Mary Gardiner has been sleeping in a tent...