Carolyn Bennett. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. An agreement in principle has been reached that will see $800 million in compensation go to victims of the ’60s Scoop. Indigenous Crown Relations Minister, Carolyn Bennett, announced the settlement this morning during...
Kalyce Wattendorf. Photo provided by Saskatoon Police Service. The Saskatoon Police Service is asking the public’s help in finding a 12 year-old girl who has been missing for two weeks. Kalyce Wattendorf was reported missing on September 22 when she failed to...
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says a Supreme Court decision ensures the rights of former residential school students are respected. On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by the...
The Ile-a-la-Crosse boarding school. Photo courtesy Facebook. A survivor of the Ile-a-la-Crosse boarding school says the ’60s Scoop settlement gives him hope that a settlement will be reached in their case. The northern boarding school was not included in the...
Tina Beaudry-Mellor. Photo courtesy of saskparty.com A leadership candidate for the SaskParty says she has a plan to increase employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in northern Saskatchewan. Tina Beaudry-Mellor announced her intention to work directly with...
RCMP have released video of a theft of computers from the Waterhen Lake First Nation School. The video can be found at this link. The incident happened on August 19th and over $50,000 worth of equipment is believed to have been stolen. Police say the significant loss...
Photo courtesy of johncochrane.ca Doctors in the Kelsey Trail Health Region are cautioning people after an increase in the number of Cumberland House residents contracting the ailment formally known as pertussis. Early symptoms of pertussis or whooping cough include...
La Ronge. Photo courtesy of tourismsaskatchewan.com Police are looking for two suspects in connection with an attempted abduction in La Ronge. RCMP say on September 26, two individuals grabbed a 29-year-old woman and attempted to drag her into their truck. A witness...
Vanessa Linklater and her husband Calvin McCallum in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. Health professionals and patients from northern Saskatchewan are urging decision makers to embrace further advancements in technology. A one-day conference in Saskatoon on Thursday...
Photo courtesy of pamodelforest.sk.ca There will be a hotly contested by-election for the position of chief of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation next month. An elders council has stepped in to review the suspension and exclusion of several candidates from the election...
