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Indigenous Services Canada confirms plans to publically release FSIN forensic audit report
Three weeks since news was leaked that Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) was planning to conduct a financial audit of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), there's some additional info...
Apr 11, 2024

Trial postponed for two accused in Geddes death
A trial originally scheduled for April 8 for two suspects in the death of Edward (Ted) Keith Geddes has been postponed.According to the Court of King's Bench in Battleford, the new date is still to be...
Apr 11, 2024

SIIT trades program gets financial boost
For the second year running, the trades program operated by the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies will get a $30,000 boost from Contractor Connection and SGI. The money will be divided amo...
Apr 11, 2024

OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil tri...
Apr 11, 2024

Sask. mother, FSIN want longer sentence for impaired driver who hit son
Darnell Fineday suffered life-altering injuries when he was struck by an impaired driver at the intersection of Hart Road and 22nd Street last April.Now, the 28-year-old from the Mosquito First Nation...
Apr 11, 2024

'Mission Possible': On-Air for Healthcare radio-thon set for May. 10
Raising over half a million dollars for the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation should prove "Mission Possible" for the community."We're raising money for the operating room this year," said Chris E...
Apr 11, 2024

New report slams RCMP treatment of homeless Indigenous women in Northern Canada
Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women's Society has found.The or...
Apr 11, 2024

Support for STARS soars through radiothon
Donations are still coming in, but the Critical Care on the Air Radiothon for STARS Air Ambulance in Saskatchewan appears to have been a success with more than $430,000 raised.Over the last two days, ...
Apr 10, 2024

Battleford council talks raises for future council
The town council have agreed to an administrative recommendation to change the renumeration policy to include yearly increases and council renumeration to coincide with the same yearly increase that i...
Apr 10, 2024

More protection on the way for Sask. renters but is it enough?
It's a struggle that is crippling Saskatchewan residents of all ages and it doesn't appear to be getting better: finding an affordable and reliable place to rent.With rental rates constantly rising an...
Apr 10, 2024