A former student at the private Christian Centre Academy, now Legacy Christian Academy, says one of the individuals listed in their Statement of Claim has been charged criminally by police. This morning the Saskatoon Police Service issued a news release indicating that charges have been laid in an investigation into historical sexual assaults with faith-based […]
Survivors of a residential school that housed Métis children in Saskatchewan say they are seeking justice through a proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal and provincial governments. The Île-à-la-Crosse Residential Boarding School opened in the 1820s and operated for more than 100 years in the northern village. It burned down in the 1970s. “All we […]
The 2022 year saw a new record for drug toxicity and suspected drug toxicity deaths in the province. The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service is estimating there were 421 confirmed and suspected deaths in 2022, an increase on the 410 in 2021 and over two times the 179 that were recorded in 2019. Regina and Saskatoon had […]
An Indigenous woman accused of faking her death and that of her son before illegally crossing the border into the United States has indicated her intention to go to trial. Through counsel, Dawn Walker told Saskatoon provincial court that she intends to have a judge-alone trial. Her lawyer Tara Boghosian said Walker has also waived […]
As of Thursday, Regina and Saskatoon are now home to the province’s first Overdose Outreach Teams. These teams will work to connect people who have recently experienced an overdose with support programs and services. The goal of piloting these teams is to work with and help people reduce their risk of overdose and other drug-related […]
An Indigenous woman from Saskatoon accused of faking her death and that of her son before illegally crossing the border into the United States is facing more charges in Canada. The 48-year-old woman and her seven-year-old child were reported missing in July after her pickup truck was found at a park south of Saskatoon near […]
Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison has announced that the fourth flight of roughly 200 Ukrainian resettlers is scheduled to land in Saskatchewan this month. This is the fourth of five flights of resettlers to land in the province. The five-flight series is the agreement of a partnership between the Saskatchewan Government and humanitarian […]
Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special weather statement for Regina and the surrounding area as well as a winter storm warning for Saskatoon. In Regina, an Alberta clipper will bring rapidly changing weather conditions with strong winds, rain changing to snow, and low temperatures starting Saturday afternoon through to Sunday. Difficult travel […]
Three former students of a private Christian school were at the Legislative asking the Government to ban a controversial curriculum. Caitlin Erickson, Stefanie Hutchinson and Coy Nolin were all former students of Saskatoon’s Legacy Christian Academy and were taught using the Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE, curriculum. A curriculum they say is still being used […]
It was a packed courtroom at Saskatoon Provincial Court as Dawn Walker made her first court appearance, charged with mischief and child abduction. She and her son were reported missing on July 24th and later her truck and some of her belongings were found at Chief Whitecap Park. The pair were found in the U.S. […]
