Communities focus on suicide prevention
When it comes to the ongoing suicide crisis in the North, the Saskatchewan Health Authority believes in getting to the root of the problem.
Anne Duriez is Meadow Lake’s community coordinator for Roots of...
Police respond to rollover near Canoe Lake
On Sunday (Aug. 2) just before 5 p.m., Beauval RCMP received a report of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 965 between Canoe Lake and Cole Bay.
A truck carrying four occupants was...
CRDN defrauded of more than $1 million
“This has been a long time coming.”
That’s what Clearwater River Dene Nation chief Teddy Clark had to say in response to a recent charge laid against former CRDN band manager Jonny Cheecham.
Former band manager facing fraud charge
In July 2014, La Loche RCMP received a report of fraudulent activity committed by the former general manager of the Clearwater River Dene First Nation between 2008 and 2011.
The Prince Albert RCMP General...
Bootlegging charges laid in North
On May 20 between 7 and 10 p.m., officers from the La Loche RCMP detachment were stationed on Highway 155 just south of the town limits and north of the provincial check stop. The RCMP stationary roadside...
North continues COVID-19 fight
As COVID-19 slowly but surely is brought under control in Saskatchewan’s Northwest, the Northern Village of Buffalo Narrows is one of many communities remaining as vigilant as ever until the pandemic is over once and for all.
RVs used as isolation units
Travel may be restricted as a result of COVID-19, but that hasn’t stopped communities in the North from taking advantage of the benefits that come from owning an RV.
Recently, Eagles Lake First Nation...
COVID-19 crisis ongoing in North
The provincial government is pulling out all the stops to help contain the coronavirus outbreak in Saskatchewan’s north.
“Things are starting to come into place now, but it’s far from problem solved,” remarked Clearwater...
Twenty-six new cases, two more recoveries
As of May 1, Saskatchewan has 26 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 415.
Nineteen of the new cases are in the Far North (La Loche and surrounding area), four...
SHA increasing COVID-19 supports in North
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is expanding its testing and contact tracing in La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation as it continues its vigorous approach to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19 in the area. The enhanced...