Killer of Keesha Bitternose gets life-sentence

Killer of Keesha Bitternose gets life-sentence

by | Apr 26, 2023

The killer of Keesha Bitternose will spend at least the next 25 years in prison. Dillon Whitehawk was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years for the January 2000 murder of Bitternose in Regina’s North Central neighbourhood. She had been...
Child of the foster system uses poetry to help heal from trauma

Child of the foster system uses poetry to help heal from trauma

by | Apr 25, 2023

By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Four years after having his first book of poetry shortlisted for a publisher’s award, Joshua Jordan Heath, 21, has taken to the written word once more to express the hardships and heartbreaks of...
Erica Beaudin elected Chief of Cowessess First Nation

Erica Beaudin elected Chief of Cowessess First Nation

by | Apr 25, 2023

Erica Beaudin is the new Chief of the Cowessess First Nation. The former Executive Director of the Regina Treaty/Status Indian Services garnered 366 votes in an election held Monday. Beaudin defeated three other candidates. Outgoing Chief Cadmus Delorme, who served...
Sandy Bay man charged with murder will face trial

Sandy Bay man charged with murder will face trial

by | Apr 25, 2023

A Sandy Bay man charged with second degree murder in the death of his brother will be standing trial. As originally reported by paNOW.com, Nicholas David Bear, who is 23 will be tried by judge and jury in Melfort. Bear is charged in the death of his brother Nickison...
UPDATE: Three wanted by RCMP for murder now in custody

UPDATE: Three wanted by RCMP for murder now in custody

by | Apr 25, 2023

(Wionna Katcheech) Update On May 1 RCMP announced that all three suspects wanted in the death of Quin Squair were now in custody. According to police on April 25 the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team, Saskatchewan Trafficking Response...
Dene High in La Loche to remain closed

Dene High in La Loche to remain closed

by | Apr 24, 2023

There will be no school this week for students at Dene High in La Loche. That community and the RCMP are still addressing the effects of an alleged stabbing Thursday. In a letter from the Northern Lights School Division, Director of Education said they are working on...
RCMP to give update on James Smith mass stabbing incident

RCMP to give update on James Smith mass stabbing incident

by | Apr 24, 2023

RCMP, Thursday are to give an update on the mass stabbing incident on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon, which left 11 people dead and 18 injured. Mounties are expected to give a four-hour presentation on what happened September 4.  Myles...
First Nations University announces new scholarships

First Nations University announces new scholarships

by | Apr 24, 2023

The First Nations University of Canada will receive a yearly grant of $50,000 to support new scholarships for Indigenous language studies. The additional funds will go toward the creation of three new scholarships: the Solomon Ratt Indigenous Language and Language...