Saskatoon Food Bank teams up with Canpotex to feed kids

Saskatoon Food Bank teams up with Canpotex to feed kids

The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre is close to reaching its current goal of $100,000 for its Fresh Fruit for Kids Campaign. Beginning in July, SFBLC and Canpotex joined forces to raise funds for the first-ever Fresh Fruit for Kids campaign. The program aims...
British car show coming to La Ronge

British car show coming to La Ronge

Two organizations are coming together to host an event in La Ronge this weekend. The Saskatchewan British Car Club, along with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 371, are organizing an event that will see a vintage car show held in the community. Shaune Lapworth,...
Applications for SIGA scholarships now being accepted

Applications for SIGA scholarships now being accepted

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) is looking to remind post secondary students about their scholarship program. The First Nations owned gaming authority is offering over 40 separate scholarships which combined are worth around $50,000. Pat Cook, vice...
Youth program sees northern yards cleaned up

Youth program sees northern yards cleaned up

A youth mentoring initiative is taking place this summer, organized and operated by Men of The North. The 65-Yard Challenge is a youth mentoring program that takes a select group of youth and allows them to go out and help the community by conducting one-time basic...
Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations remember Frank Young

Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations remember Frank Young

Frank Young is being memorialized in two communities. The young boy, who died after falling into a river near his home on the Red Earth Cree Nation is being remembered with the placement of a cross on Red Earth, which is on the land near where he was found after 81...
La Ronge CO’s relocate bears

La Ronge CO’s relocate bears

La Ronge Conservation Officers have relocated a family of black bears that were spotted within that community. The Saskatchewan Association of Conservation Officers recently released a video showing two officers releasing a bear and her two cubs approximately 80...
New youth program to be launched by PBCN

New youth program to be launched by PBCN

The Witatoshkimitotan Mitho-Pimatisiwin program will offer Cree Language and Culture teachings to children. The program will be run by local elders who will teach one or two phrases or sentences in Cree each week, with the addition of cultural teachings each week as...