by MBC News | Jan 19, 2024
(Photo of La Ronge teachers striking earlier this week. Credit David Smith.) Saskatchewan teachers are headed back to the picket line on Monday for another one-day strike, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) president Samantha Becotte announced on Thursday. This...
by bryanorthner | Jan 18, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content The inquest looking in to the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon heard testimony from the former common law partner of Myles Sanderson Thursday afternoon. Vanessa Burns testified she first saw Myles in...
by bryanorthner | Jan 18, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content Thursday morning the Coroner’s Inquest looking in the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and Village of Weldon heard from the officer who was in command of the Melfort RCMP detachment when the mass stabbing happened. Retired...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 18, 2024
The Scattered Sites Emergency Shelter, operated by the Kikinahk Friendship Centre will now have funding for 10 emergency shelter spaces. The government of Saskatchewan announced that $97,600 in funding will go towards emergency shelter spaces in La Ronge. “There...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2024
Two people are facing weapons charges following an altercation in the community of Little Red River Sunday. Mounties allege that three people, two women and a man got into an argument, in which the man pointed a firearm at one woman and stole some money. When officers...
by bryanorthner | Jan 17, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content. The Coroner’s Inquest looking in to the mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and the Village of Weldon entered its third day Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon the inquest heard testimony from one of the first officers to respond...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 17, 2024
One of the first in-person First Nations Language Keepers conferences since the COVID-19 pandemic is underway in Regina. Indigenous knowledge keepers, elders, speakers, academics, and more are gathered to learn how to promote, protect and preserve First Nations...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2024
Police are announcing murder charges in the death of a man on the Onion Lake Cree Nation on July 1, 2022. Dennis Cardinal and Kimberly Thunderchild appeared in court today charged with first degree murder of Abdo Grayman. Officers found Grayman injured in a camper...
by Joel Willick | Jan 17, 2024
A trial date has been delayed for one of the accused in the death of a La Ronge woman. Sheena Billete was killed in December 2019 with her body found along the highway north of La Ronge. Four people were charged in relation to her death. Last year, Telsa McKenzie pled...
by bryanorthner | Jan 16, 2024
WARNING: Distressing content. The Coroner’s Inquest into the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon continued hearing testimony Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Robin Zentner, who supervised the investigation of the stabbings for the...
