One person injured in Montreal Lake Cree Nation fire

One person has been seriously injured in a fire on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say they got a call around 4:30 this morning about a structure fire. When members arrived, they found a house trailer fully engulfed in flames. Police say one man was taken to...
Province to make sure water and oil don’t mix

Province to make sure water and oil don’t mix

Dustin Duncan meets with the media. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. A full report on the July Husky oil spill into the North Saskatchewan river is still weeks away, but the province’s new energy minister wants to make sure it won’t happen again. Dustin Duncan has...
Awareness walk in Saskatoon aims to open dialogue on FASD

Awareness walk in Saskatoon aims to open dialogue on FASD

Hundreds gather for the 15th annual FASD Awareness Walk in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick An awareness walk highlighting a common struggle made its way through Saskatoon Friday morning. The 15th annual FASD Awareness Walk wound through the downtown core of the city,...
FNU celebrates 40 years

FNU celebrates 40 years

Photo courtesy of First Nations University of Canada Facebook page. It started as the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in 1976, but then evolved into the First Nations University of Canada in 2003. Over the next four days, there will be a 40th anniversary...

First Nations women honoured at second annual awards gala

Senator Lillian Dyck along with honouree Darlene Okemaysin-Sicotte and her husband Chris Sicotte at the Strength of Our Women Awards Gala. Hundreds of people gathered in Saskatoon last night to honour a select few Indigenous women for their outstanding...
Indigenous enrolment at U of S up 8.4 per cent

Indigenous enrolment at U of S up 8.4 per cent

  Self-declared Aboriginal student enrolment at the University of Saskatchewan is up 8.4 per cent this school year over last year. The university says, as of the first day of classes (September 6), there were a total of 2,224 Indigenous students registered in fall...