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New Saskatoon Urban Camp Opening, Update On Remand Centre
April 17, 2023 The new Urban Camp at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre is officially open and operational. Reduced custody inmates began moving from the old Urban Camp facility to the new one earlier today. The new Urban Camp cost approximately $8.59 million to develop and construct, and was originally announced as part of the Building […]
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Loon Lake RCMP seeks public assistance locating missing 13-year-old girl, Lyah Partridge
March 28, 2023 On March 27, 2023, at approximately 5 p.m., Loon Lake RCMP received a report of a missing 13-year-old girl, Lyah Partridge. Lyah was last seen on March 23, 2023 on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. She may have travelled to Lloydminster, but this can’t be confirmed. Since receiving the report, Loon Lake RCMP have been checking places Lyah is known to […]
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Yorkton RCMP: Requesting public assistance in locating missing 15-year-old male, Dresaun Prettyshield
On March 24, Yorkton RCMP received a report that a 15-year-old male, Dresaun Prettyshield (also goes by Dre), was missing. He was last seen at approximately 3 p.m. leaving a residence in Yorkton that day. Dresaun is described as being: between 5’9″ and 5’10” tall and approximately 220 lbs. He has short black hair and […]
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Where the Children Are Buried – The Walrus
Mar. 29, 2023 Thousands of Indigenous children died at residential schools across Canada. This is the story of one community’s search for unmarked graves Jenny Rose spyglass was three years old when the men came for her. It was September 1944 in present-day west-central Saskatchewan, where the prairie grass grows wild and the contours of […]
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Judge grants bail to two Indigenous sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted – National Post
Mar 27, 2023 YORKTON, Sask. — A Saskatchewan judge has granted bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder in the 1993 stabbing death of 70-year-old Saskatchewan farmer Anthony Dolff near Kamsack. Defence lawyers […]
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Saskatchewan Indigenous groups sound alarm on crime-wave crisis – The Globe and Mail
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Who pays for First Nations policing, and who benefits? Saskatchewan’s struggles point to problems with funding models – The Globe and Mail
March 24, 2023 After last year’s stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation, reserves are rethinking how to keep themselves safe – and how to navigate a maze of jurisdictions that Ottawa plans to redesign The first 911 call, after the attacks began at James Smith Cree Nation, was made at 5:40 a.m. It was early […]
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Long Plain First Nation under lockdown – PortageOnline.com
Mar 21 2023 PortageOnline has been informed that due to an incident Sunday, March 19th that Long Plain First Nation is under lockdown. According to a Long Plain resident, the First Nation is not allowing visitors to enter the area for the time being. Long Plain representatives declined to comment as an investigation is underway […]
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Battlefords RCMP request assistance locating missing 15-year-old female
Battlefords RCMP requests assistance from the public in locating 15-year-old Morningdawn Watchmaker, who was reported missing to police on Friday, March 17, 2023. Morningdawn was last seen at the North Battleford Comprehensive High School on March 17, 2023, at approximately 2:00 p.m. Morningdawn is described as a 5’3″ tall female, weighing approximately 155 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. She is described as […]
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Maintaining the Canadian legal system is obstructing justice for Indigenous peoples – CBC
Mar 21, 2023 Even Indigenous legal professionals are complacent with the status quo This Opinion piece is by André Bear, a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s law school who is now pursuing his master’s of law. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. The Canadian legal system seems eager to fill its […]
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