Willow Cree Chiefs Top Standings in TRHL

Willow Cree Chiefs Top Standings in TRHL

The Willow Cree Chiefs seem to have come out flying this season following a move out of Warman and a rebranding from the now defunct Warman Wildcats Senior Hockey team and Coach Taylor Watts gives some of that credit to the community of Beardy’s & Okemasis First...
Accused enters guilty plea in death of La Ronge woman in 2019

Accused enters guilty plea in death of La Ronge woman in 2019

A 27-year-old Saskatchewan woman pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of young mother who was found dead on a highway near La Ronge in 2019. Telsa MacKenzie was sentenced to almost five years for her role in the death of Sheena Bilette. Mackenzie was originally...
RCMP investigate Pelican Narrows death

RCMP investigate Pelican Narrows death

RCMP are investigating a death in Pelican Narrows. Officers were called to a home in the 4000 block of Ballantyne Street early Wednesday morning. Mounties located injured Dalton Linklater. He was transported to hospital where he was declared deceased shortly after. An...
Human remains discovered at former Lebret Industrial School

Human remains discovered at former Lebret Industrial School

WARNING: Disturbing content   The Star Blanket Cree Nation said it has discovered human remains in its search for unmarked residential school graves at the Qu’Appelle Industrial School, commonly referred to as the Lebret Indian Industrial school. The discovery of...
Judge awards compensation to former FSIN employee

Judge awards compensation to former FSIN employee

A judge has awarded compensation to a former employee of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations who was dismissed in 2016. In a decision from last week, a Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench Judge found Danette Starblanket was “constructively dismissed...
Sask Rivers board planning meeting with local First Nations

Sask Rivers board planning meeting with local First Nations

By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter   The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division school board will begin meetings representatives from nearby First Nations later this year. The board already meets with local rural municipalities, and education...