Survey explores La Ronge business losses from wildfires

Survey explores La Ronge business losses from wildfires

by | Aug 25, 2015

The Eli Fire in the summer of 2015. Photo courtesy Tammy Cook-Searson, Facebook. A survey on the effects of this summer’s wildfires and evacuations on businesses in the La Ronge area is complete and has been released to the public. The Northern Wildfire Recovery...
Advocate calls for quick action on poverty plan

Advocate calls for quick action on poverty plan

by | Aug 25, 2015

The province’s children’s advocate says poverty in Saskatchewan is largely an aboriginal problem that the entire province and the provincial government should be moving quickly to address it. Bob Pringle, Saskatchewan’s children and youth advocate, was responding to...
Leslie Black’s future costs denied by legal aid

Leslie Black’s future costs denied by legal aid

by | Aug 25, 2015

The branch of lawyers that represents people who can’t afford legal services is letting go of a high-profile case out of Prince Albert. Leslie Black pleaded guilty to attempted murder against Marlene Bird earlier this year. She had to have two legs amputated and was...
Recommendations in for Saskatchewan’s anti-poverty strategy

Recommendations in for Saskatchewan’s anti-poverty strategy

by | Aug 24, 2015

The province will sift through ideas to reduce poverty in Saskatchewan, now that it’s received recommendations from an advisory group. The government, led by Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer, will consider the input, which focuses on six key priority areas, in...
Helping the homeless in Regina

Helping the homeless in Regina

by | Aug 24, 2015

The executive director of a homeless shelter in Regina is providing heightened awareness of the plight of the homeless by camping out on the roof of the building for five days. It has become a yearly ritual for Joe Miller, the executive director of Soul’s Harbour...

Onion Lake man sentenced in police chase case

by | Aug 24, 2015

Last week, there was a quick resolution for a man charged with uttering threats and resisting arrest out of Onion Lake. Garth Swiftwolfe, 18, had been charged with fleeing police, assaulting a peace officer, resisting arrest, uttering threats, and multiple breaches of...
Muskowekwan family enters 5th year searching for Cody Wolfe

Muskowekwan family enters 5th year searching for Cody Wolfe

by | Aug 21, 2015

Four years after a teen went missing on a first nation near Lestock, his family continues to search for him. Cody Ridge Wolfe was 17, and last seen in May of 2011 walking from his grandmother’s to a friend’s place on the Muskowekwan First Nation. The first...

Lee Bonneau’s parents sue for negligence

by | Aug 21, 2015

The beating death of a six-year-old on a Kahkewistahaw First Nation two years ago is now the subject of a lawsuit. The parents of Lee Bonneau are suing the social services department for negligence. The boy was in foster care at the time on the First Nation, which is...