New government statistics show impaired driving deaths are on the decline in Saskatchewan. However, traffic deaths caused by drugs and alcohol continue to make up a significant number of all fatalities. From 2012 to 2017, the number of traffic fatalities involving...
A new government report shows that over half the victims of domestic homicide were Indigenous. The report also shows about 21 per cent of domestic deaths occurred on First Nations reserves. The Saskatchewan Domestic Violence Death Review Report looks at the years 2005...
A former national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples has passed away. A cause of death wasn’t given, but in a release, the Congress says Dwight Dorey passed away earlier this morning in Nova Scotia. Dorey, a Mi’kmaq from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia,...
The FSIN says it is ready for a legal battle after the province changed policing on hunting on pasture land. Yesterday, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation posted to social media that the provincial government reversed its position regarding unlimited access for...
A group working to establish a series of biking and hiking trails around La Ronge says the project is moving ahead nicely. The Boreal Outdoor Recreation Association made a presentation to La Ronge town council last night about a plan to put up signs on existing...
A public meeting was held in La Ronge last night to commence the Roots of Hope community suicide prevention project. Roots of Hope is part of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s national suicide demonstration project initiative. Cathy Wheaton is the project...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves held a general meeting on Wednesday night at the Mel Hegland Uniplex. The team reported that over the past three seasons, around $95,000 of old debt has been paid off. Something officials with the team say can be attributed to paying close...
Provincial officials are hopeful a call for rain Thursday dampens the threat of wildfires around Saskatchewan As of Wednesday afternoon, there are 14 active fires in Saskatchewan including the Tuff Fire in the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. However, Saskatchewan...
An Indigenous hunter, who was recently found not guilty of unlawfully hunting a moose, says he is ready to fight the matter in the Supreme Court. In April, the provincial appeals court upheld a 2015 not guilty decision for Kristjan Pierone from Manitoba. Pierone was...
Saskatoon police continue to seize illicit drugs that can have potentially fatal consequences. In March, a suspect in detention was found in possession of 2.7 grams of a lethal substance containing a new drug methoxyacetylfentanyl. Another seizure found the extremely...
