Ice roads in Northern Saskatchewan are finally open. An unusually warm start to the winter delayed roadwork on the Wollaston Lake and Stony Rapids to Fond du Lac ice road. “Ice roads connect the north to the rest of the province, so people can travel for work,...
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Legislation may be the only way to ensure that a possible change in the federal government in the next election does not see the Métis National Council (MNC) lose ground. In 2017, member Nations...
RCMP say a man is facing a murder charge, following a serious assault in Deschambault Lake. Mounties responded to a call just before 11 AM Friday morning to find Johnathan Custer injured outside a home in that community. He was taken to the local health clinic where...
A woman and her dog were saved after her vehicle fell through the ice on Lac La Ronge. RCMP responded to a remote location on the Lake at approximately 4PM Friday afternoon. The woman was sitting on the roof of her half-submerged vehicle with her dog. With the help of...
A second-round of rotating teachers strikes will take place Wednesday in Northern Saskatchewan. The Creighton School Division and the Northern Lights School Division will be without classes on Feb 7, as the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation gave its 48-hour strike...
RCMP Major Crimes is investigating a death on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. Police said they were called Thursday afternoon about an injured man at a home in the community. When they arrived RCMP said they found an injured 32-year-old man who was pronounced dead by...
The member of parliament for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River has resigned from his role in the opposition shadow cabinet. In a letter posted to his X account Friday, Gary Vidal said he had made the decision to resign as his party’s shadow minister for...
An investigation is now underway after a death at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre. In a media release sent out Friday afternoon the Ministry of Corrections said a 24-year-old woman died Thursday at Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert. The province said the inmate...
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Deloitte Canada wants to shift its relationship with Indigenous Nations from its present auditing and trust fund dealings to a holistic approach that will support Indigenous governments to claim...
Nine inmates are facing charges following a fight at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, which left one inmate dead and another seriously injured. George Custer, Tyrel Munroe, Dominick Cochrane, Jonathan Soosay, Wyatt Crookedneck, and Rene Merasty are each charged with one...
