Kamao Cappo ready to forgive and accept Canadian Tire apology

Kamao Cappo ready to forgive and accept Canadian Tire apology

Kamao Cappo addresses the media outside Canadian Tire store in Regina on August 3, 2017.  Photo by Manfred Joehnck. The Indigenous man who live-streamed being forced out of a Regina Canadian Tire store for suspected theft last week was back at the store Thursday...
UPDATE – Man wanted on warrants arrested

UPDATE – Man wanted on warrants arrested

photo courtesy La Ronge RCMP. Brennan Ross/⁠Roberts was arrested at the La Ronge Detachment this morning. He will appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on August 8 at 9:30 a.m. Ross was wanted on warrants for charges that include sexual assault, sexual interference,...
Gold Eagle Casino wins two awards from Las Vegas

Gold Eagle Casino wins two awards from Las Vegas

Gold Eagle Casino management team proudly display awards. Photo courtesy Gold Eagle Casino. The Gold Eagle Casino in North Battleford has brought home two awards for the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. It won awards for excellence in marketing and casino floor...
Fake gun leads to real charges

Fake gun leads to real charges

photo courtesy Meadow Lake RCMP. It was a fake gun, but it resulted in real charges against a 19-year-old man. Meadow Lake RCMP were called out to a report of a man carrying a handgun walking down 3rd Avenue at about 8:00 pm last night. The suspect, 19-year-old Keegan...
UPDATED – Racism article raises ire of Melfort Journal readers

UPDATED – Racism article raises ire of Melfort Journal readers

  screengrab courtesy of Melfort Journal website. The managing editor of the Melfort Journal has apologized for an opinion piece on racism that was published yesterday. The article, entitled,  “When Will It End?” resulted in dozens of nasty and angry of comments to...
Charges laid in Pelican Narrows death

Charges laid in Pelican Narrows death

file photo. RCMP have charged a 22-year-old man from Pelican Narrows with manslaughter after an incident in the northern community last Saturday afternoon. Mounties say they responded to a call outside a Pelican Narrows business where they found a 25-year-old man in...
Delta Days exhibit goes full circle

Delta Days exhibit goes full circle

Photo courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan. It’s part storytelling, part Indigenous history — and it has travelled thousands of kilometres to arrive back where it all started. The Delta Days Exhibit is on display at the University of Saskatchewan’s Gordon...
Knife-involved cab theft at Lac La Ronge under investigation

Knife-involved cab theft at Lac La Ronge under investigation

La Ronge RCMP. MBC File photo. A knife-wielding taxi theft has La Ronge police looking for suspects. Investigators say the 1 a.m. Sunday taxi ride onto the Lac La Ronge Indian Band started off as a normal transport, but went awry when a male passenger threatened the...