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Dog bites continue to be major issue in La Loche and other northern communities

Dog bites are becoming endemic in La Loche and to Amanda Black, it's merely a symptom of a larger problem within the community."Around here, there are only very few people that actually consider the a...

Jan 19, 2024

Sask. Teachers Federation announces second one-day strike for Monday

The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) has announced that teachers will be walking off the job once again next week.In a news release sent Thursday, STF President Samantha Becotte stated that a se...

Jan 18, 2024

Métis women's leadership program helps participants develop skills to excel

A Mtis women's leadership training program offered in the north west area aims to provide young Mtis participants with skills and knowledge to help them move up in their career path. Offered through L...

Jan 18, 2024

ML hopes to recover some expenses when fire department puts out a blaze

The City of Meadow Lake hopes a new resolution will help the Meadow Lake Fire Department recover some of the high costs it incurs fighting fires throughout the year. Council approved a proposal to ent...

Jan 17, 2024

Gap in schedule, fear of calling police: inquest hears

Questions continue to arise during the third day of the coroner's inquest into Myles Sanderson's crime spree that ended with the murders of 11 James Smith Cree Nation members over one year ago. The go...

Jan 17, 2024

First-degree murder charges laid in 2022 Onion Lake death

Two people have been charged in an Onion Lake homicide that happened over a year and a half ago.On July 1, 2022, RCMP received a report of an injured man located in a camper next to a home in the Onio...

Jan 17, 2024

Detailed timeline of James Smith Cree Nation, Weldon stabbing deaths revealed

**Editor's note: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence and coarse language that is disturbing.Day 2 of the Coroner's Inquest into the stabbing murders on the James Smith Cree Nation (JS...

Jan 16, 2024

North Battleford-Meadow Lake teachers hit the streets for teachers' strike

Despite the frigid temperatures of -27 and -42 with the windchill, teachers in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake area took to the streets for a one-day province-wide teachers' strike today.The Saskatche...

Jan 16, 2024

A four-part series on horse ownership coming to Meadow Lake

The first session of an open forum on horse ownership is trotting up to Meadow Lake this weekend.The idea came up when a number of Kelly Friedrich's riding students approached her about buying horses....

Jan 16, 2024

Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerates to 3.4 per cent in Dec, complicating path for BoC

Canada's annual inflation rate rose 3.4 per cent in December, largely reflecting a sharper decline in gasoline prices a year ago compared to last month.The federal agency released its consumer price i...

Jan 16, 2024