Youth Charged After Threats Received At Duck Lake School

by | Sep 26, 2013

A 15-year-old boy from Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation is facing several charges after employees at a school in Duck Lake received threats. Rosthern RCMP say shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, police received a call that a student had threatened to shoot three...

Regina Police Search For Clues In Woman’s Death

by | Sep 26, 2013

Regina Police are looking for clues after the death of a 21-year-old woman. Shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, officers were called to an alley in the 1700 block of McAra Street where they found the body of Kelly Nicole Goforth. It is Regina’s seventh murder of...

La Ronge Increases Lakefront Building Height

by | Sep 26, 2013

Despite some local opposition, a plan to increase the maximum height of lakefront dwellings on Lac La Ronge is going ahead. La Ronge town council heard two presentations on the matter at a meeting last night and a bylaw amendment passed second and third readings. The...

CUMFI Kitchen Gets $128,000 Federal Investment

by | Sep 26, 2013

The federal government has given $128,000 to help ensure homeless people looking for a good meal in Saskatoon’s core area can get one. The money has gone toward renovating the Central Urban Métis Federation Incorporated’s basement kitchen. CUMFI Executive Director...

Girl Believed To Have Died In Pelican Narrows House Fire

by | Sep 26, 2013

RCMP suspect a 10-year-old girl perished in a house fire in Pelican Narrows earlier this week. Mounties say the fire broke out at around 1:30 Tuesday morning at the home of an elderly couple and their 10-year-old great granddaughter. The couple was able to escape from...

La Ronge Area Well Represented At Northern Excellence Awards

by | Sep 25, 2013

The La Ronge area got a lot of attention at today’s Northern Excellence Awards in Prince Albert. The event was organized by New North as part of this week’s Northern Symposium for Safer and Healthier Communities. La Ronge’s Trudy Connor was named...

National Metis Leader Eager To Speak With Visiting UN Official

by | Sep 25, 2013

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues James will have the opportunity to get a first-hand look at some of the areas Metis people are trying to gain traction on when he visits Canada next month. James Anaya will be sitting down for a meeting with Metis...

All Nations Career Fair Popular With Employers And Job Seekers

by | Sep 25, 2013

Regina’s Agribition building was the land of opportunity for Aboriginal job seekers today.  More than 100 booths from dozens of companies and organizations were set up to encourage prospects to get trained, and get working. This is the second year for the All...