Logs being barged across Nemeiben Lake. Photo courtesy Pioneer Log Homes, Twitter. The new season of the HGTV show Timber Kings is set to unveil a cabin build in northern Saskatchewan. The show follows a B-C based construction company – Pioneer Log Homes – known...
Underground mining activities have been restricted at Cameco’s Rabbit Lake operation. Company officials say after the reopening of an inactive area of the Eagle Point mine, a fall of rock was discovered in a tunnel. No groundwater inflow to the mine was found,...
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is calling on the federal government to declare December 14 as Indian Residential School Memorial Day. Earlier this week, Justice Murray Sinclair delivered the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report about...
The File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council is dismayed the chief of the Regina Police Service believes there are no racists within his police force. Last week, Troy Hagen made his comments in response to the RCMP admitting the Mounties have racists within their...
The October federal election is going to cost taxpayers a lot more than originally planned. Elections Canada says the initial budget was about $375 million to operate a standard election. Spokesperson John Enright says the average campaign period is 37 days, but this...
A La Ronge resident is making a drastic career change after years of seeing the vicious cycle alcohol has created in his community. Harold Johnson ran a private practice before becoming a Crown prosecutor eight years ago. He says alcohol plays a role in 95 per cent of...
Regina police are offering $100,000 in reward money in the hopes of solving two disturbing cases. One of them is the disappearance of five year old Tamra Keepness in 2004. She went missing from her home. Police chief Troy Hagen says leads are still coming in. He says...
Police Chief Troy Hagen (centre) at Wednesday’s Regina Police Commission meeting. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. It is not often that delegations appear before the Regina Police Commission, but on Wednesday there were four. All of them are opposed to police using a...
A city that struggles with alcoholism is divided over the idea of opening a private liquor store. Prince Albert is one of 12 areas the province sees as “underserved” with alcohol retailing. The Sask. Liquor and Gaming Authority minister sent a letter to...
On Tuesday, the Truth and Reconciliation Committee turned its final page in alerting Canada to the legacy of Indian Residential Schools, and calling for action to heal the damage done through systemic assimilation. The TRC committee was formed as the result of the...
