by MBC News | Mar 14, 2024
English River First Nation and the federal government are announcing a major settlement. In a media release sent out Thursday afternoon it was announced the Government of Canada would pay the First Nation just over $90,000,000 to settle long standing claims related to...
by bryanorthner | Mar 14, 2024
Health officials in Northern Saskatchewan are urging residents there to check your vaccination status against measles. While there are no known active cases in the North, Dr. David Poon, a medical health officer based in La Ronge said this is about taking preventative...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2024
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Marjorie Beaucage uses a single word to explain how she feels about having won a Governor General’s Award for her art—“visible.” It’s an appropriate word as Beaucage was one of six winners...
by Joel Willick | Mar 14, 2024
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson was the keynote speaker at an Indigenous Business Gathering in Saskatoon this week. Cook-Searson shared the story of the formation of Kitsaki Management and the recent success the band’s economic development arm...
by bryanorthner | Mar 13, 2024
The leadership of James Smith Cree Nation is speaking out about the release of a report looking at how Corrections Services Canada (CSC) and the National Parole Board of Canada handled the statutory release of Myles Sanderson. The report, which was released Tuesday,...
by bryanorthner | Mar 13, 2024
The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute is looking to educate people about syphilis in the province. To do this the not for profit organization is hosting two webinars this month where speakers will be talking about the virus. Jasmine Ogren, sexual health and...
by bryanorthner | Mar 12, 2024
A national investigation into the statutory release of Myles Sanderson concluded there were no “pre-incident indicators or precipitating events that were known to staff, or that staff could have acted upon to prevent this incident,” referring to the stabbing rampage...
by Joel Willick | Mar 12, 2024
An event in Saskatoon is aiming to create more opportunities for Indigenous businesses. The third annual Indigenous Business Gathering, hosted by the Government of Saskatchewan, set up shop at Prairieland Park on Tuesday. The government says the event aims to bring...
by bryanorthner | Mar 12, 2024
The Northern Village of Pinehouse is getting ready to raise money to support a range of people in their community. This coming Saturday the community will be putting on the annual Pinehouse Polar Bear Plunge. The event is set to get underway at 10 a.m. This...
by bryanorthner | Mar 12, 2024
Lyndia Kakakaway, a twice diagnosed cancer patient, says Saskatchewan should have breast cancer assessment services in the province. She was diagnosed twice in 1986 and 2002 and now she has a lump on her chest, which has yet to be diagnosed. To decrease wait times,...
