Aboriginal Enrollment Hits Record High At U of S

by | Oct 24, 2014

A record number of Aboriginal students are registered at the University of Saskatchewan this fall. Indigenous enrollment is up 10 per cent over last year with a total of 2,121 students self-declaring as Aboriginal. The university says one of the reasons for the...

Aboriginal Literature Festival Takes Place In Saskatoon

by | Oct 24, 2014

Established and aspiring Aboriginal writers are meeting in Saskatoon over the next few days as part of the Anskohk Festival. Major Indigenous writers attending the conference this year include Lisa Bird-Wilson, Gregory Scofield and Warren Cariou. Saskatchewan...

PA Police Use Sonar Equipment In Search For Charlette

by | Oct 23, 2014

Prince Albert police are utilizing sonar equipment to search for Tim Charlette. The equipment has been loaned by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Charlette was reported missing on Oct. 11 and is believed to be in the North Saskatchewan River near where the body of...

Montreal Lake Ceremony Celebrates Signing Of Treaty 6 Adhesion

by | Oct 23, 2014

A ceremony was held in Montreal Lake on Wednesday as part of an endeavour to bring an important treaty document back to Saskatchewan. In 1889, the Montreal Lake Cree Nation and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, then known collectively as the Green Lake Indians, signed an...

Throne Speech Goes Ahead Amidst Heightened Security

by | Oct 22, 2014

It was a Speech from the Throne like no other at the Saskatchewan Legislature Wednesday afternoon. Not so much for what was in the speech but for the unprecedented security that surrounded it because of an armed attack on Parliament Hill in Ottawa earlier in the day....