Saskatchewan Over the last decade, the Mounties reported a 275 per cent increase in homicide victims, a 271 per cent increase in firearm offences, and a 79 per cent increase in assaults on RCMP officers. Sask. ranked worst in the country for violent crime, property crime and interpersonal violence ShlokContinue Reading
Saskatchewan A new $10.5 million water treatment plant now provides clean drinking water to 112 homes in the area. ‘Seventeen years is a really long time to live in fear of water,’ says Indigenous Services Canada Minister Alexander Quon · CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2024 6:27 PM EDTContinue Reading
Saskatchewan Two young Indigenous women are breaking stereotypes in the beauty industry, and helping First Nations girls and women embrace their looks. ‘Indigenous people are beautiful and they should have been celebrated from the get go’: Ashley Callingbull Louise BigEagle · CBC News · Posted: Jun 21, 2024 6:00 AMContinue Reading
Saskatchewan A judge has sentenced a former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover in a park to 11 years in prison. Crown sought life sentence, defence argued for a term of 4 to 6 years in shooting death of Braden Herman Brittany Hobson · The Canadian Press ·Continue Reading
Saskatchewan Tallica Robson, who sees a connection between stellar nurseries and Indigenous stories about how people came from the stars, has been accepted into NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., where she will get the opportunity to train like an astronaut. Tallica Robson, 10, has her eyes firmly set onContinue Reading
Saskatchewan Victor Sawa, the longtime conductor of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, celebrated for his dedication to wiping the image of elitism from classical music, has died. Known for his work to bring classical music to the masses Dayne Patterson · CBC News · Posted: Jun 12, 2024 10:50 PM EDT | LastContinue Reading
Saskatchewan Claims for the diabetes drug Ozempic have seen an astronomical jump in Saskatchewan, and government figures show many are not for Type 2 diabetes. Obesity Canada says drug plans discriminate between diabetes and obesity, both chronic diseases Bonnie Allen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 12, 2024 6:00 AMContinue Reading
An internal review has found there was no “common underlying circumstance” that significantly impacted the RCMP’s ability to respond to the James Smith Cree Nation stabbing massacre. The 110-page document examines the RCMP’s response to an incident where 11 people were killed and 17 were injured in multiple locations spread throughout James Smith CreeContinue Reading
