by Joel Willick | May 8, 2024
The Metis Nation Saskatchewan held a ground blessing and ground breaking ceremony Wednesday afternoon for their new childcare centre in Saskatoon. The Metis Centre of Excellence Early Learning and Childcare Centre, set to begin construction in the coming weeks, will...
by Joel Willick | May 3, 2024
The Saskatoon Police Service has a new chief. On Friday afternoon, the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners announced who they had chosen to fill the role former chief Troy Cooper retired from earlier this year. The board chose to hire from within and promote...
by Joel Willick | Apr 29, 2024
The provincial government is providing an investment aiming to increase Indigenous involvement in the natural resource sector. The government announced a $400,000 investment, on Monday morning, into the Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence....
by Joel Willick | Apr 25, 2024
The public will have to wait on the sentence for a former RCMP officer convicted of manslaughter in the death of his lover. A sentencing hearing took place Thursday at Court of Kings Bench in Prince Albert for Bernie Herman over his conviction in the killing of Braden...
by Joel Willick | Apr 23, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Wanuskewin Heritage Park Tuesday morning where he highlighted many Indigenous investments in last week’s budget. The budget included $9 billion for Indigenous files and Trudeau highlighted many of them during his address....
by Joel Willick | Apr 19, 2024
Lawyers have made final arguments on an issue that has arisen during a high profile impaired driving trial in Saskatoon. Taylor Kennedy is charged with THC impaired driving causing the death of 8-year-old Baeleigh Maurice in 2021. The trial has entered voir dire,...
by Joel Willick | Apr 18, 2024
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan President Glen McCallum says it is not because of other provinces that the Métis Nation is withdrawing support of Bill C53. The bill was legislation before the federal government for a self-governance treaty between Ottawa and Métis Nations...
by Joel Willick | Apr 10, 2024
“When you get behind the wheel while impaired you are an automatic killer.” That was the message shared by the family and friends of a 28-year-old man from Mosquito First Nation paralyzed in a drunk driving incident last year. On April 19, 2023, Darnell Fineday was...
by Joel Willick | Apr 9, 2024
As the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan ponders changes to its constitution it is seeking guidance from Métis citizens. Throughout March and into the end of April, MN-S has held and will be holding several constitutional reform engagement sessions across the province. The...
by Joel Willick | Apr 5, 2024
Recent stats from the Saskatoon Police Service and Saskatoon Fire Department show crime is not rising in the Saskatoon neighborhood of Fairhaven despite claims to the contrary. The neighborhood has been the subject of discussion over the past several months after the...
