(Photo credit: Government House) The Government House has announced a new addition to the Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial in Regina. New interpretive panels have been added to help tell the history of residential schools in the province and are accompanied...
By Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The first cultural learning afternoon for attendees of the 2024 Kids Club in Wakaw was held on Wednesday, July 10. Forty-three young people learned about bannock making and the ribbon skirt from Val Gaudet, a...
(Photo credit: Tina Pelletier) Foran Mining Corporation’s McIlvenna Bay Project now has a dedicated space for Indigenous employees. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place yesterday for a new Indigenous culture and wellness room, with leaders from Peter Ballantyne Cree...
By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Waka Recorder Back to Batoche is the largest outdoor celebration of Métis identity, culture, values, and language. Visiting, trading, and sharing food are time-honoured traditions of the Métis, and Back to...
A coroner’s inquest will be held next month into the death of a woman who fell from a fifth-floor window in Regina. 31-year-old Nicole Lafontaine was staying at the YWCA in the city on July 22, 2023. Early that morning, authorities received a report that...
A high profile impaired driving trial in Saskatoon was back in court on Thursday. It was an emotional and tense day at court for the trial of Taylor Kennedy, who is charged with THC impaired driving in the 2021 death of 9-year-old Baileigh Maurice. The trial is...
