A self-proclaimed Cree medicine man will stand trial in 2025, accused of 12 counts of sexual assault. The alleged offenses against Cecil Wolfe stem from encounters with women between 2013 and 2021 in the Muskeg Lake and Saskatoon areas. Last year he pleaded guilty to...
Poundmaker’s Lodge will be able to provide withdrawal management and impatient addiction treatment spaces. Poundmaker’s Lodge was selected by the Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Health Authority to operate addiction treatment services at the former...
The government of Saskatchewan announced $80 million in funding for the Saskatchewan Research council to pursue the demonstration of a microreactor. SRC will use the research and knowledge gained from the licensing and deployment of an initial microreactor to help the...
UPDATE 4:25 PM Dec. 15. A Pelican Narrows man is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, in a shooting in that community early Thursday, which left two teenagers injured. Coltin Ballantyne is also charged with weapons offenses. The two teens were treated in...
Jim Lemaigre has again secured the SaskParty nomination in the northwest constituency of Athabasca. Lemaigre was acclaimed Wednesday, following a nomination meeting Wednesday. “I am humbled by the support I’ve received during my time as MLA for Athabasca,” Lemaigre...
Spiritwood RCMP are investigating a serious assault at the high school on Pelican Lake First Nation. Police said they were called to the school early Thursday afternoon and found a teenage male who had serious injuries. The male was taken to hospital. RCMP said a...
A date for the Coroner’s Inquest looking in to the mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon is now set. The inquest is set to run from Jan. 15 to 24 at the Kerry Vicker Centre in Melfort. The inquest will be looking at the deaths of...
Westview School Facebook photo Staff from the Northern Lights Casino and members of the Prince Albert Police Service presented Westview School with a new tipi canvas last week. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Prince Albert school tipi...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is welcoming the introduction of proposed drinking water legislation for First Nations. However, while the FSIN welcomed the legislation, specifically the extension of water protections to First Nations, they as...
A new herd of bison has officially began on historic Metis lands near Batoche. Last year, Parks Canada and the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan struck a deal to relocate 25 bison from a herd on Grasslands National Park. The government announced Friday morning that the...
