RCMP investigate police impersonation on Onion Lake Cree Nation

RCMP investigate police impersonation on Onion Lake Cree Nation

The RCMP is investigating the impersonation of police officers at a traffic stop on Onion Lake Cree Nation this week. Mounties say, three individuals wearing balaclavas pulled a vehicle over using a black SUV with red and blue lights. RCMP say the individuals demanded...
RCMP investigating suspicious death on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation

RCMP investigating suspicious death on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation

Saskatchewan RCMP’s Major Crimes unit is investigating a death on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation they are calling suspicious. RCMP say they received a call of an injured female at a home on the Cree Nation early Thursday morning. The woman would be pronounced dead on...
AFN child welfare reform deal reached with federal government

AFN child welfare reform deal reached with federal government

The Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made an announcement today that the AFN and federal government have finalized a deal on a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal complaint on discrimination in the First Nations Child and Family Services...
Fire Ban Issued for Saskatchewan

Fire Ban Issued for Saskatchewan

A fire ban has been issued for all crown lands, provincial parks, recreation areas, and the Northern Saskatchewan Administrative District due to hot, dry conditions in the province, effective at noon on July 11, 2024. The ban, which covers any open fires, controlled...
RCMP investigate police impersonation on Onion Lake Cree Nation

Missing boater found dead

A boater reported missing to Buffalo Narrows RCMP has been found dead. RCMP say they received a report of a missing boater on Friday. Mounties say officers immediately responded and found the man’s boat idling on Peter Pond Lake. A search would be conducted in...
RCMP investigating suspicious death on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation

Several explosive devices found in rural mailboxes

Update: Saskatoon RCMP have determined the devices in the mailbox are modified fireworks. RCMP stated that additional damaged mailboxes have now been located. All involved mailboxes are east of Saskatoon in the RM of Blucher, and RM of Corman Park. The fireworks will...
Flying Dust First Nation to co-host 2026 Sask. Winter games

Flying Dust First Nation to co-host 2026 Sask. Winter games

Flying Dust First Nation will be the co-host of the upcoming 2026 Saskatchewan Winter Games. The First Nation will co-host the event with the City of Meadow Lake. This will be the first time in the 52 year history of both the summer and winter provincial games that a...
Wakaw school to launch Michif language learning program

Wakaw school to launch Michif language learning program

By Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. In 2018, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan partnered with the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) and has worked alongside Elders to integrate distinctions-based Métis cultural content and perspectives in the...
RCMP investigating suspicious death on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation

Battlefords RCMP give update on fatal accident on Highway #4

From a media release sent by Battlefords RCMP. On July 5, 2024, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Battlefords RCMP received a report of a two-vehicle collision on Highway #4, south of Cochin, SK. Emergency crews responded immediately with local fire, EMS, and STARS. On...
Wakaw School to Launch Michif Language Learning Program

Wakaw School to Launch Michif Language Learning Program

By Carol Baldwin Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Wakaw Recorder In 2018, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan partnered with the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) and has worked alongside Elders to integrate distinctions-based Métis cultural content and...