A point-in-time homelessness count in Regina conducted in April indicates 286 people were living rough. Statistics show that 172 people were sleeping in emergency shelters or transitional housing, while 86 others were couch surfing off family and friends. Shawn Fraser...
RCMP are confirming the identity of a man whose body was found in a burnt vehicle on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. Following an autopsy yesterday, police are confirming the deceased to be 20-year-old Brennan Ahenakew of Ahtahkakoop. Ahenakew’s body was found in...
Organizers of a Northlands College conference are hoping to inspire students with several northern Saskatchewan success stories. The second annual Vibrant Roots Conference is set to kick off on Wednesday afternoon and will run into Thursday. It will be taking place at...
Housing, roads and education are a few of the topics being discussed at an economic strategy meeting for far northern communities this week. The two-day Athabasca Economic Strategic Planning Session is being held just north of Prince Albert at Waskesiu. Ed Mirasty,...
Dustin Duncan, the minister responsible for SaskPower says the provincial government will be applying for federal dollars to connect more First Nations communities into the natural gas grid. “We are applying for federal dollars to help tie people, more people, more...
Northern justice issues are the topic of discussion at a Prince Albert conference this week. The Northern Justice Symposium runs May 15-17. Saskatchewan Senator Lillian Dyck was the keynote speaker on Wednesday morning. She says Indigenous women simply do not get a...
RCMP major crimes are investigating after a man was found dead in a slough near the Onion Lake Cree Nation. RCMP says the man’s body was found submerged in a slough along Nine Mile Road, just 1 kilometre south of Chief Taylor Road. Authorities are considering...
The documentary chronicling the events of the Oka Crisis of 1990 will be shown in La Ronge Tuesday. Alanis Obomsawin’s “Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance” is a feature documentary released in 1993, illustrating the fight between the Mohawk Nation’s attempt by the...
Saskatchewan fire officials say they are working diligently to contain two large wildfires in the province. Two fires around 1,500 hectares in size are burning. One is near Shellbrook and the other near the Waterhen First Nation. Both fires are listed as not yet...
The search continues for a missing Prince Albert boy. Four-year-old Sweetgrass Kennedy has not been seen since last Thursday. Jason Stonechild of the Prince Albert Police Service says the search effort has drawn in hundreds of volunteers, including contingents from...
