Jordan McPhail will represent the NDP in the 2024 general election. McPhail won the Cumberland nomination Saturday evening. He will replace long-time MLA Doyle Vermette, who has already announced he will not seek re-election. “It is truly an honour to be succeeding my...
The woman charged in relation to the fire which is destroyed the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre in Prince Albert is having her matters pushed back. Gina Beatty was not present in Prince Albert Provincial Court when a lawyer appearing on her behalf asked for her...
Prince Albert RCMP say a report of a stolen pickup truck has netted 115 grams of crystal meth and firearms. On June 29, Mounties received a report that the occupants of an alleged stolen truck were attempting to steal fuel in the Shellbrook area. The next day, the...
(Photo of the Lebret residential school) WARNING: Disturbing content By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The federal government announced last week it had come to a settlement agreement in the Federal Indian Boarding Homes (Percival) class-action...
A provincial court judge has convicted a Saskatoon woman of assault and theft at a FreshCo grocery store in April 2021. A viral video of the confrontation between Annette Custer and a loss-prevention officer was widely condemned by Indigenous leaders. Custer’s lawyer...
The Dene and Cree language will be visible on traffic signs in many First Nations, as the province is aiming to boost traffic safety. Nearly $15,000 is being invested into Cree signs throughout the James Smith Cree Nation, while $10,000 is allocated for bilingual Dene...
A 29 year-old man is facing a number of charges after a traffic stop this weekend in La Ronge. La Ronge RCMP said this past Saturday as part of an ongoing trafficking investigation they stopped a vehicle on La Ronge Avenue. During the stop police said they saw alcohol...
RCMP in Prince Albert have added two new motorcycles to their fleet. The Saskatchewan RCMP anlong with Combined Traffic Services announced the new motorcycles in a media release on Monday. Mounties say the motorcycles will help officers better spot unsafe driving...
Two northerners are dead in separate vehicle fatalities. RCMP say on Friday night a 52-year-old man from the Fishing Lake First Nation rolled his vehicle. He was declared dead by EMS at the scene. Earlier that day, a 27-year-old Beauval rolled his vehicle on Canoe...
Students attending Northlands College will have more classes available to them. The college and the University of Regina have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will give Northlands the ability to deliver some U of R programming to...
