Indigenous

by Phil Ambroziak A recent trip to Toronto was a slam dunk for a group of La Loche teens. Late last month, 15 Grades 9-12 students from La Loche Community School embarked on both a fun and education-filled few days to...

On Monday (Dec. 11) at approximately 1 a.m., La Ronge RCMP were called to a complaint of an armed robbery at a business located just off Highway 2 on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Two males, carrying what...

by Phil Ambroziak No matter what language they’re written in, the books of renowned children’s author Robert Munsch continue to enlighten and entertain. That’s how the staff at Clearwater River Dene Nation feel, and that’s why – to help celebrate a...

by Phil Ambroziak “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Al Balisky, president of Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) Industrial Investments – the company that oversees NorSask Forest Products – may not have directly quoted renowned German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, but...

by Derek Cornet It’s best to be prepared for any situation. That was the message behind a fake active shooter scenario that occurred on Halloween (Oct. 31) at the Meadow Lake Tribal Council and Flying Dust First Nation offices. It was...

by Phil Ambroziak Clearwater River Dene Nation student Sinay Kennedy’s future as a filmmaker is off to an exciting start. Kennedy, a Grade 12 student at CRDN School – along with friend and fellow student Damian Haineault – recently returned from...

by Phil Ambroziak Oct. 1 was an unlucky night to be in Las Vegas. Fortunately, Ile-a-la Crosse’s Sheylee Campbell (nee Belanger), her husband, Trent, and other northern visitors to Sin City, managed to escape physically unscathed when a gunman opened...

by Phil Ambroziak When it comes to cultural diversity, there’s more to Meadow Lake than meets the eye. Sept. 28-30 marked the annual Culture Days celebration hosted by the Meadow Lake Library, and – according to organizers – this year’s event...

by Derek Cornet A call out to leaders to meet about the ongoing suicide crisis in northern Saskatchewan was responded to by three village mayors and a chief. In all, 250 community members, frontline workers and youth attended the special gathering...

by Phil Ambroziak Earlier this week, 19-year-old Delaney Ross and her 18-year-old sister, Hailey, departed for Katowice, Poland where they will spend the next year playing professionally for the GKS Katowice of the Polska Hokej Liga – the highest level...