A Buffalo Narrows man is charged with armed robbery, following an incident in that community Sunday evening. RCMP allege Desmond Tinker entered a local business shortly before 10 PM and robbed it of a sum of cash. No one was injured in the incident. Tinker was...
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling for the federal government to provide support for First Nation University of Canada’s (FNUniv) new campus in Prince Albert. In a media release sent out early Wednesday afternoon the tribal council said all 12 of...
By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com There’s no denying that the Indigenous economy is growing and contributing to the Canada’s fortunes as well. But Cadmus Delorme, the former chief of Cowesses First Nation in Saskatchewan, advised...
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com For the most part, Wil Jimmy has been keeping details about a big venture pretty much under wraps the past few years. But the account relationship manager for WJ Strategic Partnerships revealed...
The sister of Aaron Gamble is not giving up hope that someone knows what happened to him the night he died. Gamble was found deceased behind an ally in the 2300 Block of 17th Street West on March 24. Saskatoon Police later released surveillance video of three people...
A man is facing 19 charges stemming from an incident in La Loche early Sunday morning. Mounties allege that Tremaine Dacres forcibly held two women against their will at a home there. Authorities say he was armed with a firearm. One woman was able to flee. Dacres...
The La Ronge woman charged with second-degree murder will appear in provincial court Monday morning. Mary Bird is accused in the Saturday death of Wilfred Ballantyne at a home in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band community of Kitsaki. RCMP responded to a home there early...
RCMP are investigating an early Friday morning shooting on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. At approximately 5:30 AM police responded to a report of an injured woman. Mounties say an altercation between two people took place, with a firearm being discharged. The woman...
Two adults and a youth are facing drugs and weapons charges following a raid of a home in Sucker River Tuesday. Police seized a loaded handgun, a quantity of ammunition and approximately 172 grams of crack cocaine. Officers also allege they located a child in the home...
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Well before the official call came for nominations to run for the position of national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), David Pratt offered up his name. “I was so quick out of the...
