RCMP are confirming the identity of a man whose body was found in a burnt vehicle on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. Following an autopsy yesterday, police are confirming the deceased to be 20-year-old Brennan Ahenakew of Ahtahkakoop. Ahenakew’s body was found in...
Organizers of a Northlands College conference are hoping to inspire students with several northern Saskatchewan success stories. The second annual Vibrant Roots Conference is set to kick off on Wednesday afternoon and will run into Thursday. It will be taking place at...
Dustin Duncan, the minister responsible for SaskPower says the provincial government will be applying for federal dollars to connect more First Nations communities into the natural gas grid. “We are applying for federal dollars to help tie people, more people, more...
Northern justice issues are the topic of discussion at a Prince Albert conference this week. The Northern Justice Symposium runs May 15-17. Saskatchewan Senator Lillian Dyck was the keynote speaker on Wednesday morning. She says Indigenous women simply do not get a...
RCMP major crimes are investigating after a man was found dead in a slough near the Onion Lake Cree Nation. RCMP says the man’s body was found submerged in a slough along Nine Mile Road, just 1 kilometre south of Chief Taylor Road. Authorities are considering...
The documentary chronicling the events of the Oka Crisis of 1990 will be shown in La Ronge Tuesday. Alanis Obomsawin’s “Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance” is a feature documentary released in 1993, illustrating the fight between the Mohawk Nation’s attempt by the...
