Transformational Change, theme for this year’s Mining Week

Transformational Change, theme for this year’s Mining Week

Steve McLellan Sask. Chamber CEO and Sunil Kansal with Deloitte. Mineral production topped $6.4 billion in Saskatchewan last year, despite a downturn in both the potash and uranium markets. It is still one of the biggest employers in the province, and it employs the...
Temporary absence of healing lodge inmates under investigation

Temporary absence of healing lodge inmates under investigation

Willow Cree Healing Lodge. Photo from CSC website. Correctional Service Canada is investigating the temporary absence of two inmates at the Willow Cree Healing Lodge over the weekend. The CSC says staff members at the institution were able to determine that Brian...
James Smith woman charged after warrants served

James Smith woman charged after warrants served

file photo Melfort RCMP have charged a 30-year-old woman from the James Smith Cree Nation with a number of controlled drug and substance offences. Erica Moostoos was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of narcotics for the purpose of...
Flying Dust First Nation impacted by Meadow Lake fire ban

Flying Dust First Nation impacted by Meadow Lake fire ban

Photo courtesy of 911patches.com The Meadow Lake Fire Department has had to put a temporary fire ban in place due to mechanical problems with one of its pumper trucks. The ban will also impact the neighboring Flying Dust First Nation. Fire Chief Neil Marsh says the...
New hope for Metis Nation after weekend election

New hope for Metis Nation after weekend election

Glen McCallum. Photo courtesy of pinehouselake.com The newly elected president of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan sees the weekend election as a chance for a new beginning. Glen McCallum was elected president, Gerald Morin was re-elected as vice president, two other...
UPDATED – Police searching for missing Regina girl

UPDATED – Police searching for missing Regina girl

Elizabeth Giroux. Photo courtesy of Regina police.   *UPDATE – Regina police say Elizabeth Giroux has now been located.   Regina police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 13-year-old Aboriginal girl. Elizabeth Giroux was last seen during the...
Man charged in Fort Qu’Appelle death

Man charged in Fort Qu’Appelle death

RCMP Detachment in Fort Qu’Appelle. Photo courtesy of RCMP. Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP have charged a man in connection with a death in that town on May 13. Patrick Tuckanow, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder after a disturbance outside a business...