New Urban Aboriginal Project Lets Communities Drive Research

by | Apr 12, 2013

A new national research network plans to tackle the problems of addictions, food security and urban planning within Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan cities. The Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network is a partnership between academics, Aboriginal organizations and...

New Report Highlights Socio-Economic Impacts Of Uranium Industry

by | Apr 12, 2013

Northern Saskatchewan’s uranium industry is the focus of a new report. Intergroup Consultants in Winnipeg crunched data in an effort to gauge the socio-economic impacts of uranium mining in the modern era. The report found that while the number of northerners directly...

Three Charged In Vandalism Incidents On Piapot First Nation

by | Apr 12, 2013

Three young offenders from the Piapot First Nation have been charged in relation to ten of thousands of dollars worth of vandalism damage committed on the reserve over the last few months. Between March and April, computers were destroyed, windows smashed and a van...

Body Of Missing Man Discovered At Onion Lake

by | Apr 11, 2013

The body of a missing man from the Onion Lake Cree Nation has been discovered. Forty-two-year-old Rodney Cannepotato hadn’t been seen by family members for several days. He had just gotten home from hospital, due to complications from his epilepsy, when he...

Murder Charge Laid In Wahpeton Vehicle-Pedestrian Death

by | Apr 11, 2013

A 26-year-old woman from the Wahpeton Dakota First Nation has been charged with first-degree murder in relation to a vehicular death on the reserve Wednesday morning. Valerie Standing also faces one count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle in the incident, which...