Gaming platform helps Indigenous students to ‘Level Up’
With nine career centres across the province (Creighton, La Ronge, Lloydminster, Meadow Lake, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, and Yorkton) and three campuses (Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon), SIIT is truly provincial in scope.
SIIT provides adult learners...
Arrests made following several firearms incidents in Meadow Lake
Since Friday evening (Jan. 22), five firearms, masks and other items were seized as part of the following investigations. Based on evidence gathered to date, the incidents this weekend were not random in nature and several individuals arrested have...
Far Northwest a COVID hotbed
The upward trend when it comes to active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, including the Far Northwest, is something more people need to take seriously.
This is according to Dr. Gavin Van de Venter, chief of staff at the Meadow Lake...
Ile-X man shot
On Jan. 19 at approximately 8 p.m., Ile-a-la Crosse RCMP attended a local hospital after receiving a report of an adult male who sustained injury from a gunshot wound to the leg. Preliminary investigation by police determined the 36-year-old victim...
Buffalo Narrows election overturned
Darlene Petit is ready to file her nomination papers for a seat on Buffalo Narrows council for the third time in less than six months.
Petit was unsuccessful in her previous bid for a council seat during the Nov. 9...
Homicide charge in Buffalo Narrows
The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit North (MCU-N), with the assistance of several RCMP detachments and specialized units, have been working together to investigate the suspicious death of an adult male from Buffalo Narrows that occurred Dec. 20, 2018.
Police...
COVID vaccine arrives in North
There is light at the end of the tunnel.
This is according to an Ile-a-la Crosse nurse who – along with her grandfather – was among the first residents of Saskatchewan’s Far Northwest region to receive doses of the Moderna...
Writ drops, provincial election underway
With less than a month to go before voters head to the polls, Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty – at the request of Premier Scott Moe – dissolved the Legislative Assembly Tuesday (Sept. 29) and issued a proclamation directing the issuance...
Bear attack north of Buffalo Narrows
Around 7:15 p.m. Aug. 20, Buffalo Narrows RCMP was advised of a bear attack that occurred in the forest north of the community of Buffalo Narrows. It was reported an adult male, a 44-year-old female and two children under...
Armed robbery near Beauval
On Aug. 14 at approximately 1 a.m., Beauval RCMP received a report of three suspects who entered and robbed a local business situated at the Beauval Forks off Highway 155 North. They threatened staff with a firearm and demanded...