Brad Spence receives Okimaw respect award

Brad Spence receives Okimaw respect award

Photo: Brad Spence / by Danielle Dufour By: Danielle Dufour MBC News Freelance Correspondent First Nations University of Canada On September 12, 2025, William Bradley Spence, the Director of Training and Employment for George Gordon Developments Limited, was the...
Onion Lake Cree Nation man handed national award

Onion Lake Cree Nation man handed national award

A water treatment operator from Onion Lake Cree Nation is the recipient of a national award. Vernon Lewis was named a 2025 recipient of the National First Nations Water Leadership Award. Lewis, along with other recipients, were honoured at a ceremony in Saskatoon...
RCMP arrest man following dispute at Hall Lake residence

RCMP arrest man following dispute at Hall Lake residence

On September 11, 2025, at approximately 11:49 p.m., La Ronge RCMP received a report of a dispute at a residence in Hall Lake, SK, involving a wanted man. Investigation determined the man threatened a group of individuals and pointed a firearm at one of them. Officers...
ARRESTED: RCMP ask public to sightings of Ramona Ochuschayoo

ARRESTED: RCMP ask public to sightings of Ramona Ochuschayoo

UPDATE: As a result of investigation, on September 21, Pierceland RCMP determined Ramona Ochuschayoo was at a residence on Big Island Lake Cree Nation. Officers attended the residence and located an adult female hiding inside. The female provided officers a false...
Truth and Reconciliation Day 2025 Just Around the Corner

Truth and Reconciliation Day 2025 Just Around the Corner

By Carol Baldwin Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Wakaw Recorder September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day established by the Canadian government in 2021 to honour survivors of residential schools and those who never returned home...