by bryanorthner | Jan 29, 2024
Day 11 of the Coroner’s Inquest looking in to the mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and the Village of Weldon got underway Monday morning hearing testimony from the Parole Board of Canada. Monica Irfan, deputy director of policy with the parole board...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 29, 2024
A prominent Elder and former Lac La Ronge Indian Band Council member has passed away Thomas “Thompson” Leonard Mirasty, born on March 19, 1949, in Little Red, passed away on January 25, 2024, in Big River, at the age of 74. Over many years Elder Mirasty...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 29, 2024
Challenge to Civilization: Indigenous Wisdom and the Future is the final book in a trilogy written by Dr. Blair Stonechild and follows up The Knowledge Seeker: Embracing Indigenous Spirituality and Loss of Indigenous Eden and the Fall of Spirituality. Challenge to...
by bryanorthner | Jan 26, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content Day 10 of the inquest looking at the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and the Village of Weldon got underway Friday morning in Melfort. Dr. Shaun Ladham, the province’s chief forensic pathologist was the first witness to take...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024
The Ya’thi Néné Lands and Resources Office and Appia are entering into a cooperation agreement related to exploration activities in northern Saskatchewan. The cooperation agreement encompasses provisions related to harvest compensation, contributions to YNLR’s...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024
A woman from La Ronge is $1 million richer after winning on a VLT earlier this week. Mary Cassie of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band was playing Vault Breaker at Eddie’s Place on Monday when she won the grand jackpot. “I sat at the VLT machine as my husband played pool. I...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024
By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder In the summer of 2023, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan purchased two adjacent river lots that had been advertised for sale in the Rural Municipality of Fish Creek just north of the junction of...
by Joel Willick | Jan 26, 2024
Rachel Smith and her business Bannock Express were featured on an episode of CBC’s Dragons’ Den on Thursday night. Smith was seeking $80,000 for 18% of her business with hopes an investment could help her mass produce her bannock mix. During her pitch,...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 26, 2024
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology has announced the grand opening of a new Pop-up Career Centre in La Loche. The new Career Centre is SIIT’s tenth such centre in the province and is now located at the La Loche Friendship Centre. Plans for a Career Centre...
by bryanorthner | Jan 25, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content The Coroner’s Inquest looking at the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon entered its ninth day Thursday. The first witness to take the witness stand Thursday morning was Dr. Derek Musgrove a forensic...
