by Joel Willick | Mar 11, 2024
A Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation community is reeling after a fire left its only hockey rink unusable. A fire partially destroyed Southend’s canvas roofing on its hockey rink early Saturday morning. Band Councillor Kevin Morin says it is a big loss for the...
by Joel Willick | Mar 5, 2024
The responsibility to film and document a Batoche festival has turned into much more for Jason McKay. McKay, who was the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan Director of Education at the 2022 Batoche Festival, volunteered to film the event and talk to people about their...
by Joel Willick | Feb 28, 2024
(Photo – Darryl Burns, the brother of Gloria Burns speaks with reporters after the inquest learns Myles Sanderson died of a cocaine overdose. Burns spoke on mixed feelings he had while hearing the evidence. Photo by Joel Willick.) The following is coverage...
by Joel Willick | Feb 27, 2024
The following are updates throughout the second day of the Myles Sanderson inquest in Saskatoon. Content Warning: the following contains distressing details. 4:49 The inquest then heard from two RCMP officers who were apart of the arrest of Myles Sanderson. Brianne...
by Joel Willick | Feb 26, 2024
4:45 The final part of RCMP Superintendent Devin Pugh’s testimony would see the timeline of Sanderson’s medical distress and death after being taken into police custody. As well Pugh outlined the RCMP manhunt in the days between the mass casualty event on September 4...
by Joel Willick | Feb 26, 2024
UPDATE: 8:09 AM The Canadian Press is reporting that Kaij Brass has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his son Tanner Brass. The Canadian Press is citing confirmation from the Crown Prosecutors Office. Kaij Brass is expected to be sentenced today....
by Joel Willick | Feb 15, 2024
A Saskatoon pastor has drawn the ire of the chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council after penning a letter saying the STC’s Emergency Wellness Centre should be closed. Pastor Robert Pearce of Fairmont Baptist Church, in the Fairhaven neighbourhood where the...
by Joel Willick | Feb 5, 2024
A high-profile impaired driving trial in Saskatoon has been delayed following a previous adjournment. Taylor Kennedy is charged with impaired driving in the 2021 death of 8-year-old Baeleigh Maurice. Kennedy struck and killed Baeleigh when she was crossing a...
by Joel Willick | Feb 2, 2024
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Health Authority have re-affirmed their commitment to work together. On Friday afternoon, the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding affirming a commitment to better collaborate on Métis representation in all...
by Joel Willick | Feb 1, 2024
First Nations leaders are vowing to move forward following the James Smith Cree Nation mass stabbing inquest and they say they will not leave vulnerable communities behind. A Coroner’s Inquest took place in Melfort the past three weeks examining the...
