Saskatchewan’s ombudsman has opted not to make recommendations in the case of Charlene Klyne. Klyne was severely injured after being shot by a lone gunman at the La Loche Dene High School in 2016. She had appealed to the ombudsman earlier this year to investigate...
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is going to four communities this week, consulting on the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park Draft Management Plan. The meetings starting Thursday in Stanley Mission, La Ronge, Grandmother’s Bay and Sucker River are for communities, which will...
Northern Saskatchewan’s seasonal workers are not included in a national pilot program to extend unemployment insurance. Thirteen regions, mainly in eastern Canada, will see benefits lengthened five weeks. New North CEO Matt Healy says the additional coverage would...
Claims are now being accepted from people who qualify for the Sixties Scoop settlement recently approved by the federal government. The settlement covers status Indians and Inuit people taken from their families during a 40-year period from 1951 to 1991. The...
The family of Colten Boushie is seeking close to $2 million in damages from the RCMP and Gerald Stanley. The damages are being sought in two separate statements of claim filed at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday. In one statement of claim, seven RCMP...
Patuanak RCMP have charged two people with bootlegging liquor offences. Police say they seized a large quantity of alcohol destined for the community. Investigators say they received information about a well-known bootlegging operation in the Patuanak area and located...
