No service, no more in two northern communities

Other areas of the province might take cell service for granted, but that’s not so in Wollaston Lake and Fond Du Lac First Nation. On Thursday, brand new cell towers in the two northern Saskatchewan communities took them from “little to no cellular service” to...
Cigar Lake uranium mine opens

Cigar Lake uranium mine opens

  Cameco officially opened one of the largest uranium mines in the world on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Cigar Lake mine. The grand opening comes after years of delays including flooding that threatened the multi-million dollar project. The...

Province renews funding for northern degree programs

The province is committing another five years of funding for two programs that have allowed northern students to earn university degrees close to home. NORTEP provides aboriginal-specific teacher education degree programs with northern and Indigenous content. NORPAC...

Experts reveal staggering aboriginal incarceration rate

Statistics on aboriginal incarceration in Saskatchewan present strong odds that aboriginal youth have a better chance of ending up in jail than graduating from high school. The aboriginal graduation rate is about 40 per cent, while aboriginals make up 80 per cent of...
AFN National Chief says youth key in “Closing the Gap”

AFN National Chief says youth key in “Closing the Gap”

On Wednesday, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde told a crowd of aboriginal youths they will play a key role in helping to “close the gap” in the quality of life between aboriginals and non-aboriginals. Bellegarde spoke to the FSIN Youth...

Cameco and Areva officially open uranium production sites

Cameco and Areva’s official opening of their Cigar Lake and McClean Lake uranium production sites was more than a decade in the making. The celebrations comes after more than a year of ore production, and approximately a decade of construction fraught with...