by Jenna Smith | Jan 25, 2024
(Aerial perspective of a revegetated tailings field at the Gunnar Mine and Mill Site in July 2022. Provided by Sask. Research Council.) The Saskatchewan Research Council is getting ready to host several community meetings in the north which will be centered around...
by bryanorthner | Jan 24, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content The James Smith Cree Nation inquest has heard from Myles Sanderson’s direct parole officer. Natasha Melanson, was Sanderson’s community parole officer after he was released from custody a second time. Sanderson’s...
by bryanorthner | Jan 24, 2024
(Photo of Doug Cuthand.) A new television series focusing on northern, Indigenous search and rescue incidents is looking for story ideas. “Searchers” is a real-life search and rescue show inspired by famed tracker Tom Charles. The producers, filmmaker and journalist...
by MBC News | Jan 24, 2024
Michael Oleksyn/Daily Herald A t-shirt making station was one of the features of the Family Kinship Fair at the PAGC Urban Services Centre on Saturday. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A group of SIIT students took over the PAGC Urban Services...
by bryanorthner | Jan 23, 2024
The Coroner’s Inquest in to the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and the Village of Weldon is learning more about the federal parole system. Cindy Gee, a district director for the prairie region for Corrections Services Canada (CSC), which includes...
by bryanorthner | Jan 22, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content The Coroner’s Inquest looking at the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon heard about the emergency response to the stabbings Monday morning. Sherri Jule, Director Chief for Emergency Medical Services...
by Joel Willick | Jan 22, 2024
Two of the accused in the homicide of a La Ronge woman in 2019 have begun their trial. On Monday morning at Court of King’s Bench in Prince Albert, Deborah McKenzie and Sharise Sutherland-Kayseas began their trial charged with the first-degree murder of Sheena...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 22, 2024
People from across Saskatchewan and even other provinces made the trek to take part in the second annual Stanley Mission Fishing Derby on Saturday. The four-hour derby featured cash prizes, a canteen for food, 50/50 draws every hour, an ice auger and ice fishing tent...
by bryanorthner | Jan 19, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content The Coroner’s Inquest looking in to the the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon learned more about Myles Sanderson Friday. Matthew Logan, a criminal investigative psychologist, who was tasked with...
by MBC News | Jan 19, 2024
A La Ronge woman is facing a manslaughter charge, following a hit-and-run death in September 2021. RCMP allege that Christine Charles struck a 22-year-old man on Frances Roberts Street. The victim from Sucker River later died in hospital. Charles was also charged with...