Mackenzie Trottier landfill search extended

Mackenzie Trottier landfill search extended

Police in Saskatoon say they have extended the search for evidence of a missing woman in the landfill. Last month, police began a landfill search for evidence of the disappearance of McKenzie Trottier. Trottier disappeared in December 2020, and investigators believed...
UPDATE: School destroyed by fire on Waterhen Lake First Nation

UPDATE: School destroyed by fire on Waterhen Lake First Nation

Update Monay 11:29  am The school on Waterhen Lake First Nation has been completely destroyed by a fire. The school caught fire Tuesday afternoon and officials from the First Nation put out a statement Wednesday morning where they say they expect the school cannot be...
Cassidy Caron won’t seek re-election as MNC president

Cassidy Caron won’t seek re-election as MNC president

By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Sitting president Cassidy Caron has announced she won’t run in September’s Métis National Council (MNC) election, citing the coming birth of her first child. Caron, who is the youngest and first...
Reconciliation flag raising event in Saskatoon paused

Reconciliation flag raising event in Saskatoon paused

A reconciliation flag raising event in Saskatoon will not be happening this year. Since 2016, Reconciliation Saskatoon has held a flag raising event at Saskatoon Civic Square to honour Residential School Survivors and raise awareness about truth and reconciliation in...
Man from La Loche facing murder charge

Man from La Loche facing murder charge

A 49-year-old man is facing charges after a death and fire in La Loche. RCMP were called out about a fight in a home around 2:30 Wednesday morning. Police say officers found two injured people, a 52-year old woman and an 81-year old man. The woman died in hospital....
Man from La Loche facing murder charge

La Ronge RCMP investigate hit and run

RCMP in La Ronge are investigating a suspected hit and run, which left one man in hospital with serious injuries. Mounties say the victim was walking on Highway 2 early Saturday morning, near Air Ronge when he was struck by a northbound vehicle. The driver fled the...
First Nations claim ‘Indigenous identity fraud’

First Nations claim ‘Indigenous identity fraud’

By: Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source Leaders in Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Grand Council Treaty #3 and other First Nations organizations say some Métis groups have been making “illegitimate and shifting claims of indigeneity.” But...