Clarence Papequash is the new chief of the Key First Nation, following a court-ordered election Monday. Papequash defeated two other challengers for the top job. In March, a federal court vacated the 2016 election results, ruling there was corruptive practices with...
Exactly six months after a plane crash in Fond-du-Lac, victims and their families gathered for a healing event Wednesday. The twin-engine West Wind Aviation plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Dec. 13, 2017. Nine people were seriously hurt and one person later died...
Shellbrook RCMP made an arrest Tuesday afternoon in connection with an armed robbery earlier this spring. Twenty-nine-year-old Matthew Lafond faces a number of charges including armed robbery. He is due to appear in provincial court on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation on...
La Ronge RCMP has determined social media reports of an abduction in Sucker River were unfounded. RCMP say they were made aware of online posts alleging an attempted abduction in the community on Monday morning. No complaints were filed on the alleged incident. The...
Shellbrook RCMP arrested three men on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Items seized during a search warrant of a local residence include a firearm, two pellet guns, multiple rounds of ammunition, an undefined amount of cocaine and...
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority is reporting over $252 million in revenue for the 2017-18 year. Net earnings of were approximately $84.5 million. The SIGA says it invested more than $1.25 million into more than 500 local organizations last year. The...
A man and woman luckily escaped serious injury after being attacked by a black bear in the Meadow Lake Provincial Park on the weekend. Environment officials say the two were camping near Jeanotte Lake when the attack occurred around 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning. They were...
An Indigenous protester group, which established a camp on the Wascana grounds across from the legislature more than 100 days ago, is extending a formal invitation with government officials. The organizer of the camp, Prescott Demas, says he wants to meet with Social...
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...
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...
