The Saskatchewan Court of Appeals says there will be no change to four guilty verdicts related to a man threatening to shoot his then-girlfriend and her daughter on James Smith reserve in January of 2014. Martin Gilbert Burns failed in his attempt to appeal a...
A meeting billed to be of “critical importance” to northern Saskatchewan will be held next week in Prince Albert. It is being organized by New North, a northern municipal lobby group, which is inviting municipal, First Nations and Metis leaders —...
For the second year in a row, Saskatchewan rates as the best place to invest in mining activity in Canada and the second best place in the world behind western Australia. The rankings follow a survey of mining companies around the world by the Fraser Institute. A...
An expert on early childhood development told a La Ronge conference this week that love builds children’s brains. Dr. Jean Clinton, an early childhood psychiatrist, was one of the speakers at the “Roots to Wings” conference — which wraps up...
A man accused of attempted murder related to a stabbing in La Ronge earlier this spring, was denied bail this week. Elias Ballantyne, 43, has been behind bars since March 17 after Mounties responded to a call and found a 50-year-old man suffering from serious stab...
La Ronge RCMP say the body of a man missing since December has been located. Police say searchers from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band located the remains of Billy Taylor around 11:30 yesterday morning. Investigators say his body was found in the area where he was...
Gilbert McCallum in a poster made during the search for him. Photo courtesy Facebook The RCMP confirms foul play led to the death of a man whose remains were found in a field near Rosthern last Friday, but won’t release any more details on the circumstances....
The site of a makeshift memorial for La Loche shooting victims on Feb. 24, 2016. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The Mayor of La Loche is giving his perspective on the mental health supports offered since the mass shooting in January. In the months since students and...
There are some surprising findings in a new survey on attitudes about Indigenous Canadians. Thirty per cent of respondents had not even heard of residential schools, and a majority of Canadians feel Indigenous people have a sense of entitlement. The most positive...
Investigators say they now consider the death of a Metis woman who went missing in the Shellbrook area a year ago to be suspicious in nature. RCMP are releasing some details related to the night 22-year-old Danielle Nyland went missing. She was last seen on the...
