Suspicious death at Christopher Lake

Suspicious death at Christopher Lake

by | Oct 3, 2016

File photo. The RCMP Major Crime Unit is investigating a suspicious weekend death at Christopher Lake. Shortly after 1:00 am on Sunday morning, police received a call about an assault at a camper trailer parked on private property about five kilometers west of the...
Escape from Prince Albert penitentiary

Escape from Prince Albert penitentiary

by | Sep 30, 2016

Roger Joseph Gillet. Photo courtesy CSC. A man who has previously escaped from lawful custody and is serving one of the most serious sentences available in Canada, is on the loose from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. Roger Joseph Gillet, 64, has been...

RCMP continue search for missing mushroom picker

by | Sep 30, 2016

The search continues for a missing mushroom picker in northern Saskatchewan. In July, 78 year-old Tony Olekas was reported missing while mushroom picking about 14 kilometres west of Hanson Lake Road near Big Sandy Lake. Since then RCMP say they have completed detailed...

First ever Orange Shirt Day in Saskatchewan

by | Sep 30, 2016

School children all over the province are wearing orange t-shirts on Friday to recognize and honour all the aboriginal children who were taken from their homes and forced into residential schools. It is the first “Orange Shirt Day” ever held in Saskatchewan. It all...

Sucker River celebrates opening of new bridge

by | Sep 30, 2016

Community members on the Sucker River reserve, stakeholders from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and the federal government are celebrating the grand-opening of a new bridge in Sucker River. The bridge in the community had been closed to vehicle traffic 14 years ago...