Gathering looks to strengthen Indigenous media arts

Gathering looks to strengthen Indigenous media arts

Strengthening Indigenous voices in art and media is the goal of a conference at Wanuskewin Heritage Park this week. Over 100 people are expected for the three-day National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition gathering (NIMAC). The conference is put in through a...
Suspicious death under investigation in Black Lake

Suspicious death under investigation in Black Lake

Very few details have been provided into the death of a 24-year-old woman in the Black Lake First Nation over the weekend. Police say a sudden death was reported to them at around 5:30 p.m. this past Sunday. Investigators are treating the death as suspicious and Black...
Métis Nation – Saskatchewan meeting wraps up

Métis Nation – Saskatchewan meeting wraps up

About 250 people took in a three-day meeting in the northwest hosted by Métis Nation – Saskatchewan this past weekend. The regional meeting was held from Friday until Sunday at the South Bay War Veterans Park between Beauval and Ile-a-la-Crosse. Northern Area...
La Ronge RCMP investigating robbery

La Ronge RCMP investigating robbery

La Ronge RCMP are looking for two male suspects after an armed robbery of a local business on the weekend. Police say the two suspects with firearms took off with an undisclosed amount of money and multiple bottles of alcohol from a business in the 900-block of La...
Bellegarde begins campaigning for re-election

Bellegarde begins campaigning for re-election

The campaigning for the top position in the Assembly of First Nations is underway. Incumbent National Chief Perry Bellegarde officially launched a bid for re-election today. Bellegarde promised to work to maintain momentum, while redoubling efforts on measures to...
Fiske presented with cheque for nearly $14,000

Fiske presented with cheque for nearly $14,000

At the La Ronge Ice Wolves Golf Tournament on Saturday, Bryce Fiske was presented with a cheque for $13,850.71. Fiske was one of the survivors of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Fiske is from La Ronge and spent his whole junior hockey career with the La Ronge Ice...
Boaters rescued after vessel sinks on Lac La Ronge

Boaters rescued after vessel sinks on Lac La Ronge

A group of boaters luckily escaped injury Friday afternoon after the vessel they were in sank on a northern Saskatchewan lake. Police say they received a call, a little before 2 p.m., of boaters in distress on Lac La Ronge due to the vessel they were in sinking. The...