School gender reforms a ‘danger’: Indigenous leaders

School gender reforms a ‘danger’: Indigenous leaders

Allan Polchies, the chief of Sitansisk (St. Mary’s First Nation), says the Higgs government is hurting trans youth with its new school gender policy. Savannah Awde/ Brunswick News   The Assembly of First Nations is condemning the school gender identity...
Annual symposium looks to help tourism sector grow

Annual symposium looks to help tourism sector grow

Business and community leaders are gathered in Beauval to talk about tourism in the northwest. The Fourth Annual West Side Tourism Symposium got underway Tuesday and is set to wrap up Thursday afternoon. The symposium has brought representatives from communities...
RCMP make arrest in North Battleford Christmas Eve homicides

RCMP make arrest in North Battleford Christmas Eve homicides

RCMP has charged a man in the slaying of two people on Christmas Eve in 2021 in North Battleford. Wade Frenchman  is charged with two counts, first degree murder, in the deaths of Alyssa LeCaine, and Daphne Bear. “On December 24, 2021, most people were getting ready...
RCMP HQ temporarily hosting residential school monument

RCMP HQ temporarily hosting residential school monument

WARNING: Distrubing content. The Saskatchewan RCMP is hosting a special monument at its headquarters in Regina. This past weekend the Indian Residential School Memorial Monument arrived in Regina after traveling from British Columbia. Staff Sgt. Brian Kelly, who is...
Cecil Wolfe has guilty pleas removed

Cecil Wolfe has guilty pleas removed

A Cree medicine man accused of sexual assault will have his guilty pleas removed from the record and will have his matter go to trial. Cecil Wolfe is facing 12 counts of sexual assault for allegedly abusing women while acting as a traditional healer over a ten year...
MMIWG2S+ Monument unveiled in Touchwood Agency Tribal Council

MMIWG2S+ Monument unveiled in Touchwood Agency Tribal Council

The Touchwood Agency Tribal Council is today unveiling a monument honourning Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two Spirited People. The event Tuesday morning opened with the presentation of the Jingle Dress Dancers that honoured the 64 MMIWG2S+...
Northern food bank looking to bring in more volunteers

Northern food bank looking to bring in more volunteers

The Lac La Ronge Food Bank is looking for some help. The organization is hoping to attract some new volunteers to help them continue delivering food to those in need in the tri-communities. Cheryl Norgaard, board chair for the food bank said for many years...