Cameco says production from northern Saskatchewan’s Cigar Lake mine has surpassed 10 million pounds of uranium concentrate. The initial 2015 production target range for Cigar Lake was achieved during the third quarter. Cameco will report the full 2015 production...
Rene Ballantyne circulated a petition that cited concerns about PBCN’s urban councillor. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski EDITOR’s NOTE: This story originally said the petition had more than 300 signatures. Federal court arguments reveal this number is actually...
It’s been a whirlwind year for the Chief of Lac La Ronge Indian Band, as the summer’s wildfires forced Chief Tammy Cook-Searson to step up in a big way. She made headlines across the world, and it’s no surprise that she’s been named the...
It is a tale of two worlds – the white and the aboriginal – and a young woman who lived in both, but didn’t feel a part of either. This was the life of Carol Daniels, a Cree woman from Sandy Bay who was adopted into a white home at birth. It is also the...
Millions of dollars hang in the balance of a Saturday vote on the Fishing Lake First Nation. Band members will decide whether or not to change the band’s trust agreement, which regulates spending on a multi-million dollar specific land claim. Chief Derek Sunshine...
Michael Swinwood, the lawyer for the Lac La Ronge Indian band. Photo by Manfred Joehnck There has been another delay in a long legal fight for compensation for former students of the Timber Bay Children’s Home and School near Montreal Lake. Friday morning,...
Belinda Daniels is on top of the world after learning she is one of fifty people selected for a $1 Million award for teaching. The Saskatoon high school teacher made the top 50 list for the 2016 Global Teacher Prize. Daniels teaches a Cree language class and...
RCMP officers have seized a car they suspect played a role in Troy Napope’s murder. Napope went missing at the end of May. He was last seen driving a grey car, leaving a house party in Prince Albert. That car was later found burnt on a road just northwest of the city....
Officials with Saskatchewan Environment say the establishment of a new base is part of the preparations being made for the upcoming wildfire season. Large tanker aircraft in the province’s fleet will have a place for re-filling and servicing in the southeastern...
The NDP says it will hold the Liberal government’s feet to the fire on the long list of promises and commitments it has made to Canada’s First Nations people. Party leader Thomas Mulcair made the pledge on Thursday during an address to a special chiefs...
