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Peepeekisis Cree Nation breaks ground for new funeral home

From: Indigenous Services Canada

June 12, 2025 — Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Treaty 4 Territory, Lorlie, Saskatchewan — Indigenous Services Canada

Today, community members and leaders of Peepeekisis Cree Nation held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction phase of the Peepeekisis Funeral Home, developed by Peepeekisis Developments LTD. The funeral home will provide a safe space for mourning and celebration, where traditions and cultural practices are respected and honoured.

The custom-built facility, spanning over 9500 square feet, will offer a variety of services and products, including cremation, caskets, video tributes, obituary writing, and more.

Indigenous Services Canada provided $1 million in funding to this project through the Community Opportunity Readiness Program (CORP) to support the development, construction, and operation of the new funeral home business.

The facility is expected to open in early 2026.

Quotes

“These are exciting times for Peepeekisis, as this project represents another step towards sovereignty. For years, our community has needed a facility where we can come together to celebrate the lives of our loved ones, and today’s groundbreaking ceremony brings us one step closer to that goal. We are grateful for ISC’s support with this funeral home project and look forward to collaborating with ISC on future opportunities. This facility is inspired by our First Nation heritage, but we aim for it to be accessible to everyone. Peepeekisis is unique in that we embrace a diverse range of races, cultures, and religions, and our community has always been welcoming to all.”

Chief Francis Dieter
Peepeekisis Cree Nation

“We are honoured to support Peepeekisis Cree Nation as they break ground on their new funeral home. This project is about more than just a building; it’s about ensuring culturally safe and accessible spaces for ceremony, remembrance, and healing within the community. Saying goodbye to loved ones is a challenging process, but we acknowledge the importance of this service in supporting friends and family as individuals journey onward.”

The Honourable Mandy Gull-Masty
Minister of Indigenous Services

Quick facts

  • The Peepeekisis Funeral Home will be located in Lorlie, Saskatchewan.
  • Over 50 individuals will be employed during the construction phase. Once open in mid-2026, the funeral home plans to employ 5-10 full-time staff members.
  • Peepeekisis Cree Nation is located in Southern Saskatchewan under Treaty 4 Territory.

Associated links

Contacts
For more information, media may contact:

Olivia McElrea
Press Secretary & Issues Manager
Office of the Honourable Mandy Gull-Masty
Minister of Indigenous Services
olivia.mcelrea@sac-isc.gc.ca

ISC Media Relations
media@sac-isc.gc.ca

Keegan Montgrand
Peepeekisis Developments LTD
306-717-4792

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La Ronge small businesses calling for support amid wildfire woes – CBC

Jun 12, 2025

Chamber of Commerce says northern Sask. businesses are feeling exhausted, unsupported

As some northern Saskatchewan residents begin returning to their communities, Matthew Maurer says local businesses are running low emotionally and financially, with no support from the provincial government.

“Our grocery stores that have no food, need to restock. We have business owners who stuck around to provide those essential services, and they’re burnt out, they’re exhausted,” Matthew Maurer, president of the La Ronge & District Chamber of Commerce and owner of Nikik Digital Solutions, said at an NDP news conference in Saskatoon on Wednesday.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/la-ronge-small-businesses-calling-support-wildfires-1.7558748

McKercher LLP donates $900K to broaden educational experience for USask Law students – University of Saskatchewan

Jun 12, 2025

Students at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Law will gain a greater understanding of Indigenous law and its deep connection to the land when a new, immersive course is launched in the college with the support of McKercher LLP.

The law firm’s $900,000 donation includes $500,000 to help the College of Law develop and teach this new upper-year land-based learning course. Students will spend time out on the land and learn how Indigenous laws flow from the relationship Indigenous peoples have with the land, upholding their traditional responsibilities to care for and protect it.

McKercher LLP is also donating $125,000 to make the Robert Emes Award for Clinical Law a permanent, annual award. Emes (JD’19) received the bronze medal as the student with the third-highest average in his graduating class. He was an associate at McKercher LLP when he passed away suddenly in September 2023.

Read More: https://news.usask.ca/articles/students/2025/mckercher-llp-donates-900k-to-broaden-educational-experience-for-usask-law-students.php

IsoEnergy Commences Athabasca Basin Summer 2025 Exploration Program

Toronto, ON, June 12, 2025 – IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ISOU; TSX: ISO) is pleased to announce the commencement of its summer exploration program across its eastern Athabasca Basin uranium properties. The program is expected to encompass a total of 24 diamond drill holes for 11,000 metres of drilling on the Larocque East and Hawk projects, following up on encouraging results from the winter 2025 program at Larocque East and winter 2024 program at Hawk. Geochemical results from the winter program at Larocque East remain pending and are planned to be released once available.

Highlights

  • Larocque East Project (Figure 1)
    • A total of 20 diamond drill holes totaling 7,600 metres are planned to follow-up up on encouraging results from the winter 2025 program, targeting both resource expansion and regional discovery.
  • Hurricane Resource Expansion – Drilling will continue to test the potential of the Hurricane Main and South trends, focusing on step-outs near the existing deposit (the “Deposit”) (Figure 1).
  • Greenfield Targets Along the Larocque Trend – Drilling will test Target Area D, 2.8 kilometres east of the Deposit, where the Company intersected the strongest radioactivity to date outside of the main mineral resource area. Additional drilling is planned at Target E, where summer 2024 drilling intersected elevated radioactivity and hydrothermal alteration near the unconformity and, Target F. Target K, located approximately 800 metres north of the main Hurricane conductor, identified in a new geophysical interpretation will also be drill tested along the 2,500 metre trend.
  • Hawk Project
    • 4 diamond drill holes totaling 3,400 metres are planned to target coincident electromagnetic conductors and Ambient Noise Tomography (“ANT”) velocity anomalies along a sparsely drill-tested, 12-kilometre-long prospective corridor. Previous drilling intersected structural disruption, alteration, and elevated uranium geochemistry and radiometric responses, features consistent with a setting conducive to unconformity-style uranium mineralization (Figure 3).

·Saskatchewan Forest Fire Situation

  • Mobilization for the drill program has been impacted due to severe forest fire activity in Northern Saskatchewan. The program is initially operating with one drill based out of Points North. Once conditions improve, specifically when the fires near La Ronge and along Highway 102 subside and safe transport routes are restored, the Larocque East camp is expected to be opened, and a second drill is planned to be deployed to accelerate the program.

·Advancing Exploration Pipeline Across the Eastern Athabasca Basin

  • Additional work is planned this summer to advance a pipeline of exploration targets across the Company’s earlier-stage projects. This includes a recently completed helicopter-borne MobileMT survey at the East Rim project, acquisition and processing of satellite hyperspectral data for the Bulyea River project, and potential prospecting, sampling, and mapping at the Bulyea River, East Rim and Evergreen projects (Figure 4).

Dan Brisbin, Vice President Exploration, commented, “Our summer 2024 and winter 2025 drilling returned encouraging results at both Hurricane and along the Larocque trend, with strong radioactivity having been intersected. As we await geochemistry results for recent drilling, we are excited to pick up where we left off and continue advancing the potential for resource expansion along the main and south trends and additional discoveries along the 6-kilometre segment of the Hurricane trend to the east, particularly in target areas D and E. We are also eager to test, for the first time, the 2,500-metre trend located 800 metres north of the main conductor, an area that shares key geophysical characteristics with the Deposit. Lastly, we look forward to returning to the relatively underexplored Hawk project, where planned ground electromagnetic (“EM”) and ANT surveys will guide drilling later this summer.”

Resource Expansion Drilling at Hurricane

Following the success of the 2025 winter drill program (see news release dated April 23, 2025), exploration drilling has been proposed to further test several target areas (Figure 2).

The Hurricane Main trend, where winter drill holes LE25-194 and 198 intersected strong radioactivity. LE25-194, located 80 metres east of Hurricane, returned an average RS-125 spectrometer (“RS-125”) reading on core of 3,100 counts per second (“cps”) over 0.5 metres with a corresponding downhole probe maximum reading of 30,829 cps. LE25-198 intersected up to 625 cps on core and 26,503 cps downhole probe 180 metres east of Hurricane.

The Hurricane South trend, where winter drill holes LE25-207 and LE25-210 intersected strong radioactivity. Hole LE25-207, located 240 m east of Hurricane, returned an average RS-125 reading on over 0.5 metres on core of 8,800 cps and a corresponding downhole probe maximum reading of 30,096 cps, while LE25-210, drilled 480 metres east of Hurricane, intersected up to 3,700 cps averaged over 0.5 m on core and a corresponding downhole probe maximum reading of 20,280 cps.

Regional Targets on the Larocque Trend

Target Area D, 2.8 kilometres east of Hurricane, where winter drill hole LE25-202 intersected an average RS-125 reading on over 0.5 metres on core of 6,200 cps and up to 28,782 cps downhole probe within that interval – the highest radioactivity intersected on the project to date outside of the immediate Hurricane area.  The LE25-202 intersection is on the western margin Target Area D at edge of an ANT seismic velocity anomaly where a new geophysical model generated earlier this year by Computational Geosciences Inc. and Convolutions Geoscience shows a potential splay in the Hurricane trend EM conductor package.

Target Area E is centred on a 1 kilometre by 2 kilometre ANT anomaly located 8 kilometre east of Hurricane at the eastern edge of the property where the 2025 conductivity model suggests an east-closing fold of the Hurricane host graphitic-pyritic pelite basement gneisses have been breached by east-northeast striking faults. Drill hole LE24-192, drilled in 2024, intersected 2.0 metres at 495 ppm U-p straddling the unconformity including 0.5 metres at 1,110 ppm U-p immediately below the unconformity. Drill hole LE24-180 returned 462 ppm U-p over 0.5 m. Unconformity depth in that hole was only 175 metres compared to 325 metres at the Hurricane deposit.

Target Area F, located in the northeast, is centered on the conductor corridor and aligns with roughly coincident resistivity and ANT velocity anomalies. Disruption of these geophysical patterns at the east end of Target Area F is inferred to reflect prospective structural complexity.

The new geophysical model generated earlier this year by Computational Geosciences Inc. and Convolutions Geoscience from joint inversion of historic EM and resistivity survey data highlighted a previously unexplored 2,500 metres long conductive trend 800 metres north of the main Hurricane conductor trend. This is interpreted as the eastern extension of the Hurricane conductor trend northern splay that originates near drill hole LE25-202. This target, referred to herein as Target Area K, exhibits two geophysical features like those at Hurricane: a flexure from a northeast trend to and east trend, and a conductivity decrease on the southwest end potentially due to the effects of alteration on the conductive host rocks.

The drilling program will be results driven, with drilling being reallocated among these target areas in response to mineralized intercepts. Drilling planned to begin at the Hawk project in August may also be reallocated to the Larocque East project if results warrant.

Figure 1– Location of winter 2025 drill holes with respect to the Hurricane resource footprint (blue) and the ANT seismic low velocity zone in which the Deposit occurs, and projected Hurricane mineralization-controlling fault zones. RS-125 values are highest averages over 0.5 metre intervals.

Figure 2 – Compilation map of Larocque East project showing the Hurricane deposit, winter 2025 and summer 2024 drill hole locations and ANT seismic velocity anomalies (A though J) on a plan view of the 2025 conductivity model 50 metres  below the unconformity. 20 drill holes planned for the summer will test targets at Hurricane, in target areas D, E and F, and at the untested northern conductive trend (Target K)

Hawk Project

Winter 2024 drill holes at the Hawk project intersected structure, alteration, and broad zones of elevated radioactivity typical of unconformity-related uranium deposits (see news release dated April 25, 2024). These holes were drilled to test EM conductors along a regional high conductivity trend mapped by Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (“ZTEM”) surveys and within a prominent ANT seismic velocity low interpreted to be due to structural disruption and alteration. The holes were drilled along trend to the north of 2023 drill holes HK23-03 and HK23-05A (Figure 3) that intersected structural disruption, desilicification, clay alteration, and “grey” zone sulphide mineralization with anomalous radioactivity and U-p geochemistry at the unconformity. Drill hole HK23-05A returned 168 ppm U-p over 2.0 metres in the basal sandstone including 511 ppm U-p over 0.5 metres immediately above the unconformity. HK23-08, which intersected the unconformity about 90 metres to the east, intersected 27 ppm U-p over 5.0 metres in the basal sandstone, including 99 ppm U-p over 0.5 m.

Exploration work planned for summer 2025 includes:

  • Stepwise moving loop EM surveying to more accurately locate conductors than the existing fixed loop EM surveys do. It is anticipated that this will improve drill hole targeting.
  • ANT surveys over the northern portion of the project to test for the extension of the existing ANT velocity anomaly along the conductivity corridor in an area where there is 35 metres of unconformity elevation change between 2023 drill holes HK23-01 and HK23-02.
  • Drill up to 3,400 metres in four holes to test targets along the Hawk conductivity corridor that will be finalized upon completion of the ground geophysical surveys.

Figure 3 – Hawk project map showing the locations of the planned summer 2025 geophysical surveys. The locations of four drill holes planned for late in the summer will be finalized after interpretation of the geophysical survey results. Locations of past drill holes, interpreted ground EM conductors, and drill intersected faults are shown on a colour ZTEM conductivity map.

Developing Drill Targets on Additional Highly Ranked Projects

Additional work is being planned for the summer of 2025 to develop a pipeline of exploration targets on the Company’s earlier stage projects. An airborne MobileMT conductivity and magnetic survey was recently completed over the East Rim project. Data processing and interpretation are in progress.

Acquisition of satellite hyperspectral survey data for the Bulyea River project is planned for June. This data will be used for remote mineral mapping to help guide initial geological mapping, prospecting and sampling planned for late summer to follow up on historic highly anomalous uranium lake sediment geochemistry and radiometric anomalies detected by both historic and 2024 surveys completed for IsoEnergy by RAMP Geological Services Inc.

Figure 4 – Location map of the Hurricane deposit and exploration projects in the eastern Athabasca Basin showing planned summer exploration work.

Qualified Person Statement

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release was reviewed and approved by Dr. Dan Brisbin, P.Geo., IsoEnergy’s Vice President, Exploration, who is a “Qualified Person” (as defined in NI 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects). See the press releases referred to above for additional information, including data verification and quality assurance/quality control procedures, as well as the complete exploration results from the previous programs disclosed herein.

For additional information regarding the Company’s Larocque East Project, including the current mineral resource estimate for IsoEnergy’s Hurricane Deposit, please see the technical report entitled “Technical Report on the Larocque East Project, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada” dated August 4, 2022, available on the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca

About IsoEnergy Ltd.

IsoEnergy (NYSE American: ISOU and TSX: ISO) is a leading, globally diversified uranium company with substantial current and historical mineral resources in top uranium mining jurisdictions of Canada, the U.S. and Australia at varying stages of development, providing near-, medium- and long-term leverage to rising uranium prices. IsoEnergy is currently advancing its Larocque East project in Canada’s Athabasca basin, which is home to the Hurricane deposit, boasting the world’s highest-grade indicated uranium mineral resource.

IsoEnergy also holds a portfolio of permitted past-producing, conventional uranium and vanadium mines in Utah with a toll milling arrangement in place with Energy Fuels. These mines are currently on standby, ready for rapid restart as market conditions permit, positioning IsoEnergy as a near-term uranium producer.

For More Information, Please Contact:

Philip Williams
CEO and Director
info@isoenergy.ca
1-833-572-2333
X: @IsoEnergyLtd
www.isoenergy.ca

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Government Provides Additional $500 in Financial Assistance to Northern Residents Displaced by Wildfires

June 11, 2025

Due to wildfires affecting communities across Saskatchewan, Premier Scott Moe announced today that the Government of Saskatchewan will be providing emergency funds to those displaced due to ongoing emergency. All residents over the age of 18, that reside in communities that have been evacuated will receive $500 in financial assistance.

“Our government recognizes the impact of wildfires on these residents,” Moe said. “These funds will help support families throughout these evacuations and as they return to their home communities.”

The funds will be issued directly to communities as a grant from the provincial government. Funds will be disbursed by community leadership to affected residents over the age of 18. Those residents are eligible for $500. This is in addition to the increased financial assistance for evacuees announced on June 7th, 2025, provided to evacuees who have registered with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA). More information on this funding can be found here.

The Government of Saskatchewan has provided $15 million to the Canadian Red Cross to help Saskatchewan residents who have been displaced from their homes, as wildfires continue to threaten communities across the province.

Support for wildfire evacuees is provided by the SPSA, the Canadian Red Cross, or the community from which you have evacuated.

If your community is supported by the Canadian Red Cross, you can call 1-800-863-6582 from 8 a.m to 10 p.m. daily to be connected to supports.

If your community is supported by SPSA’s Emergency and Community Support (ECS) program, you can register through the Sask Evac App and call 1-855-559-5502 for assistance. Once you have registered and called 1-855-559-5502, the SPSA will contact you with details about support depending on your family situation.

The latest information as well as wildfire mapping can be found at https://www.saskpublicsafety.ca/emergencies-and-response/active-incidents.

The SPSA continues to provide daily updates on the current wildfire situation to ensure that Saskatchewan residents are provided with the most up to date information.

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For more information, contact:

Matthew Glover
Executive Council
Regina
Phone: 306-787-2127
Email: matthew.glover@gov.sk.ca

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Media Information Update: Manitoba and Saskatchewan Wildfires

June 11, 2025

In this issue:

  • Registration numbers
  • Assistance provided
  • Donation updates
  • Photos of Red Cross response in Saskatchewan
  • Broll of emergency shelter in Winnipeg
  • Useful resources for people impacted by wildfires

Fraud Alert

Individuals eligible for financial assistance will NOT need to provide their social insurance number, bank account information or credit card number during their registration or to receive assistance. In addition, the Red Cross will NOT ask for any form of payment in order to receive assistance.

The Canadian Red Cross communicates only via email, phone, or in person and would never send a link through a text message. If anyone has any doubts about the legitimacy of any form of communication from us, please reach out to the Red Cross.

The Red Cross encourages people to stay informed from credible sources, such as the Government of Canada’s website for fraud prevention tips. For anyone who suspects they have been a victim of fraudulent activity, please contact the local police authority.
Manitoba Wildfires

On behalf of the Province of Manitoba, and through a standing agreement with Indigenous Services Canada, the Canadian Red Cross is supporting people and communities impacted by evacuations in Manitoba.

Registration numbers

As of June 9, the Canadian Red Cross has registered more than 20,500 people from more than 8,300 households evacuated due to the wildfires in Manitoba. This includes people from more than 3,900 households on behalf of Indigenous Services Canada, and more than 4,400 households on behalf of the Province of Manitoba.
Financial assistance

Financial assistance is being provided to evacuees by either the Canadian Red Cross or the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO).

Financial assistance for individuals living in a First nation community that is under mandatory evacuation order, is being distributed by MKO.

On behalf of the Government of Manitoba, financial assistance for households evacuated from municipalities and non-First Nations communities is being distributed by the Canadian Red Cross.

The Government of Manitoba has determined funding amounts and eligibility for financial assistance, available for households that:

  • Are permanent residents of Manitoba;
  • Have a primary residence in a municipality or a non-First Nation community that has been placed under a mandatory evacuation order due to wildfire or smoke, issued on or after May 23, 2025;
  • Have registered with the Canadian Red Cross; and
  • Had their identity validated through the Canadian Red Cross.

The Red Cross began processing financial assistance to households on June 7.

We continue to work closely with the province to resolve exceptional cases and validate eligibility. We understand this may be a stressful time and our teams are working as quickly as possible to distribute financial assistance to eligible households.

Answers to frequently asked questions related to financial assistance can be found here.

Ongoing support

The Canadian Red Cross is assisting with the transport, comfort and care of people impacted by wildfires, and is:

  • Coordinating the scheduling of flights and buses and engaging with other partners to secure modes of transportation for the arrival of people being evacuated into Winnipeg, where possible.
  • Operating one congregate shelter in Winnipeg.
  • Providing registration, information and well-being support in Brandon, Thompson, Winnipeg.
  • Providing emergency supplies such as cots, blankets, and generators, for an additional 12 shelter sites in First Nation and non-First Nation communities in Manitoba as they prepare to host other evacuated communities.
  • Providing urgent supplies for communities that remain in place, such as food, air purifiers, and other requested equipment.
  • Providing emergency lodging, food, personal services, well-being supports, and tuck shop items such as diapers, formula, snacks, cots, blankets, pillows, and hygiene items at congregate shelter sites.
  • Secured more than 1,800 hotel rooms for evacuees in Manitoba (as of June 11).
  • The Canadian Red Cross is working directly with First Nations communities to support health, mental health, and wellbeing needs of evacuated community members in Manitoba. That includes providing non-clinical Health Navigators to ensure people impacted by the wildfire evacuations have access to health support they need and provide designated areas for child-friendly spaces.

Donations

As of June 10, the Canadian Red Cross has raised $4.2 million for the 2025 Manitoba Wildfires Appeal. This amount does not include matching funds from the Government of Canada or the Government of Manitoba.
Saskatchewan Wildfires

The Canadian Red Cross, along with various partners, is providing critical assistance through lodging, food, emergency supplies, and other services to people who had to evacuate due to the wildfires. This support is offered at the request of community leadership and through a standing agreement with Indigenous Services Canada.

Registration numbers

As of June 9, the Canadian Red Cross has registered more than 10,500 people from more than 3,700 households evacuated due to the wildfires in Saskatchewan.

Assistance Provided

The Canadian Red Cross is providing registration, reception and information, operating a call centre, emergency accommodation, meals, and personal services for people evacuated from their homes located within the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, as well as the Lac La Ronge Indian Band communities.

To assist with the comfort and care of people being evacuated, the Canadian Red Cross is:

  • Operating congregate shelters located in Saskatoon, Regina, and Prince Albert.
  • Welcoming people at four reception centres: one in Saskatoon, one in Regina, and two in Prince Albert.
  • Providing accommodations through securing more than 1,000 hotel rooms in Saskatchewan, to date.
  • Providing food and supplies, such as cots, blankets, and pillows, to other locations upon request from community leadership.
  • Providing mobile outreach services for people in Lloydminster, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Regina, North Battleford, and Unity.

Donations

As of June10, the Canadian Red Cross has raised $1.2 million for the 2025 Saskatchewan Wildfires Appeal. This amount does not include matching funds from the Government of Canada.

Helpful Resources

Media-ready photos of the Canadian Red Cross wildfires response in Saskatchewan
B-roll available of emergency shelters in Winnipeg. Please credit the Canadian Red Cross
Tips for avoiding donation scams
Why misinformation is dangerous, especially during emergencies
Coping with Crisis: expected reactions to abnormal events
Wildfires: Before, During and After

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Saskatchewan Research Council celebrates new Indigenous Workforce Program in the spirit of reconciliation – Prince Albert Daily Herald

June 11, 2025

Special to the Herald

In the spirit of reconciliation, the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) has developed the Indigenous Action Plan.

The Indigenous Workforce Program is part of the action plan and officially launched on May 8, 2025. Additionally, the day marked the SRC’s celebration of another part of the action plan with the inaugural group of Indigenous scholars for the Kiskiyihta (Kiskee ih-taah) Indigenous Summer Student Program. The word Kiskiyihta is a Cree word that means to learn or to know, which represents the re-imagined Indigenous Summer Student Program.

The program aims to assist SRC with increasing Indigenous recruits into their organization and hiring them into secure employment. As such, the SRC is collaborating with Indigenous educational institutions and training entities to secure the retention and advancement of Indigenous employees that take part in the programs.

Read More: https://paherald.sk.ca/saskatchewan-research-council-celebrates-new-indigenous-workforce-program-in-the-spirit-of-reconciliation/

New Seasonal Drop-In Services in Saskatoon Support Youth and Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

June 10, 2025

The Government of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Tribal Council and the City of Saskatoon are moving forward on new community services to meet emerging needs in Saskatoon. This includes a daytime drop-in centre for individuals experiencing homelessness and an overnight drop-in centre for youth aged 16 and older. Both services are anticipated to open on June 15.

“Together with the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the City of Saskatoon, we are working as quickly as possible to meet the emerging needs we are seeing in the community,” Social Services Minister Terry Jenson said. “Saskatoon Tribal Council has been an invaluable partner in providing Indigenous-led, culturally reflective services founded on their ability to build meaningful relationships and trusting bonds with individuals and families experiencing homelessness.”

Located at Station 20 West, the new daytime drop-in centre is co-funded by the Government of Saskatchewan and the City of Saskatoon and operated by Saskatoon Tribal Council. It will provide a safe space, and access to support services for individuals experiencing homelessness from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Saskatoon Tribal Council’s Sawēyihtotān project will offer outreach services including connections to emergency shelters and housing, coordinated access systems, recovery and mental health programs and services.

“The urgency could not be clearer — this partnership is a critical step in creating safe spaces for vulnerable people in Saskatoon,” said Mayor Cynthia Block. “The City is committed to keeping the momentum going and working closely with our partners to open centres that are Indigenous-led and grounded in community.”

To provide a safe space for youth throughout the summer months, the Government of Saskatchewan is partnering with Saskatoon Tribal Council to provide an overnight drop-in centre for youth 16 and older. Located at the White Buffalo Youth Lodge, the centre will be open from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. and provide food and a place to rest as well as an on-site elder, shower and laundry services, case planning and referrals to programs in the community.

“These two new drop-in centres will offer safety, dignity and support when it is needed most,” Tribal Chief Mark Arcand said. “Homelessness disproportionately impacts Indigenous people, and we cannot ignore that reality. These facilities will help keep people safe and create opportunities for us to do what the Saskatoon Tribal Council does best: building trust and connection with our relatives. That is the first step toward linking them with the wraparound supports and services that can truly change lives. Real solutions come when governments and community partners work together, and that is exactly what we are doing.”

Since the announcement of the $40.2M Provincial Approach to Homelessness, the Government of Saskatchewan has collaborated with all levels of government and Indigenous and community partners to develop new emergency and complex needs shelter spaces, supportive housing spaces and street outreach, warming centres and community safety responses.  The two new services in Saskatoon build on these investments as the Government of Saskatchewan continues to work with communities to respond to arising needs.

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For more information, contact:

Media Relations
Social Services
Regina
Phone: 306-787-3610
Email: MediaMSS@gov.sk.ca

Jillian Smith
Communications Director
Office of the Mayor
City of Saskatoon
Phone: (306) 491-4189
Email: jillian.smith@saskatoon.ca

Bryn Levy
Saskatoon Tribal Council
Saskatoon
Phone: 306-956-6137
Email: communications@sktc.sk.ca
Cell: 306-381-9873

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Canada Post to unveil stamp honouring Michif Language Keeper Sophie McDougall in 2025 issue of the Indigenous Leaders stamp series

PRINCE ALBERT, SK , June 10, 2025 – Canada Post will issue a new set of stamps honouring three Indigenous leaders on June 20, a day ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21). Julia Haogak Ogina, Sophie McDougall and Bruce Starlight will each be featured on a stamp for their dedication to preserving the culture and languages of their Inuit, Métis and First Nations communities.

Sophie McDougall (1928-2023) was a passionate Michif Language Keeper who shared extensive knowledge of her Métis culture and language with generations of students and community members over her long life. For over 20 years, she was an Elder with the Prince Albert Métis Women’s Association, where she spent many years as a devoted schoolteacher and translated books and other materials into Michif.

The upcoming stamp set is the fourth in Canada Post’s Indigenous Leaders multi-year stamp series. Launched in 2022, the series highlights the contributions of modern-day First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders who have dedicated their lives to preserving their cultures and improving the quality of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

The stamps are each being unveiled and celebrated at separate local events. The unveiling and celebration of the stamps honouring Julia Haogak Ogina and Bruce Starlight will be on June 13 and June 19 respectively.

WHAT:

Stamp unveiling event honouring Michif Language Keeper Sophie McDougall

 

WHEN:

Tuesday, June 17 at 11 a.m. CST

 

WHERE:

Art Hauser Centre, 690 Gary Anderson Way, Prince Albert, Sask.

Ches Leach Lounge

TM Trademark of Canada Post Corporation

For more information: Canada Post Media Relations, 613-734-8888, media@canadapost.ca

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Greenridge Exploration Launches Geophysical Data Review Program for the Sabre Uranium Project in Northern Saskatchewan

June 10, 2025

Vancouver, B.C. – Greenridge Exploration Inc. (“Greenridge”or the“Company”)(CSE: GXP | FRA: HW3 | OTCQB: GXPLF),is pleased to announce it has engaged Convolutions Geoscience of Surrey, BC, Canada (“Convolutions”), to perform a comprehensive review and integration of all available geophysical and geological data for the Sabre Uranium Project (the “Sabre Property”, or the “Project”) located in the northern Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan, Canada. The purpose of the data review is to produce a comprehensive 3D model of the subsurface to detect the presence of potential uranium-mineralizing system and develop new drill targets for the Project.

Convolutions is composed of a team of geophysical experts with a depth of experience in exploration for uranium in the Athabasca Basin, which hosts the richest uranium deposits in the world. Athabasca Basin uranium deposits are volumetrically small, i.e., individual high-grade zones within mineralized trends typically being tens to a few hundred metres long and a few tens of metres wide and thick, creating a challenge for uranium explorationists. Greenridge believes that Convolutions’ interpretive methods will contribute to a focussed discovery path to the different types of uranium deposits now being recognized in the Athabasca Basin after over sixty (60) years of exploration.

Russell Starr, CEO of Greenridge, commented, “Convolutions will provide key insights that will allow Greenridge to advance the Sabre Property towards a drilling program. The 3D model will provide high priority drill targets and an in-depth model which can be used as the Project moves forward.”

In conjunction with re-processing historical geophysical data from the Sabre Property, Convolutions will utilize the geophysical and petrophysical data collected by the Canadian Mining Innovations Council’s (“CMIC”) Footprints Basinal U Subproject1 and the Athabasca Basin 3D Model 2.0 developed by the Government of Saskatchewan2 with the goal of enhanced targeting for uranium.

In April 2025, Greenridge completed a deep-penetrating MobileMT airborne survey at the Sabre Property (please see the Company’s News Release dated April 30, 2025) and will integrate the 2025 airborne results with data from the following historical geophysical surveys:

  • 2005 MEGATEM Airborne
  • 2005 Falcon Airborne Gravity
  • 2006 Ground Horizontal Loop Electromagnetic
  • 2007 VTEM Airborne
  • 2007 Ground DC/Resistivity
  • 2007 Ground Time Domain Electromagnetic
  • 2023 Ground Time Domain Electromagnetic

Greenridge believes that the results of Convolution’s data review and inversions will provide new uranium targets on the Sabre Property. The Project is fully permitted for surface exploration until November 30, 2027, which includes drilling of up to 10 holes. The data review is expected to be completed in Q2 of 2025.

About the Sabre Property

The Sabre Property is located on the northern edge of the Athabasca Basin approximately thirty (30) kilometres west of Stony Rapids and ten (10) kilometres south of Fond du Lac, Saskatchewan. The Project is comprised of twenty-eight (28) claims totaling 23,178 hectares and is believed to be prospective for hosting unconformity-related uranium mineralization. The Fond du Lac uranium deposit, a shallow, sandstone-hosted deposit with a historic reserve of approximately 990,000 pounds (450,000 kilograms) averaging 0.25% U3O8 is located approximately 5.5 kilometres to the northwest of the Project’s western boundary.3

References:

1 CMIC Footprints Basinal U Subproject; https://cmic-footprints.ca/program-summary/basinal-u-subproject.

2 Athabasca 3-D Model 2.0 (NTS 64E, L, M, 74E to 74P) 2020-1; https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/#/products/112570.

3 Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index (SMDI) #1572, Fond Du Lac Uranium Deposit.

Statement of Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Sean Hillacre, P. Geo., Technical Advisor and a geological consultant to the Company and a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Hillacre has examined information regarding the historical exploration at the Sabre Property, which includes a review of the historical sampling, analytical and procedures underlying the information and opinions contained herein.

Management cautions that historical results collected and reported by operators unrelated to Greenridge have not been verified nor confirmed by its Qualified Person; however, the historical results create a scientific basis for ongoing work in the Sabre Property. Management further cautions that historical results, discoveries and published resource estimates on adjacent or nearby mineral properties, or other properties located within the Athabasca Basin, whether in stated current resource estimates or historical resource estimates, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved on the Sabre Property.

About Greenridge Exploration Inc.

Greenridge Exploration Inc. (CSE: GXP | OTCQB: GXPLF | FRA: HW3) is a mineral exploration company dedicated to creating shareholder value through the acquisition, exploration, and development of critical mineral projects in Canada. The Company owns or has interests in 27 projects and additional claims covering approximately 335,825 hectares with considerable exposure to potential uranium, lithium, nickel, copper and gold discoveries. The Company is led by an experienced management team and board of directors with significant expertise in capital raising and advancing mining projects.

Greenridge has one of the largest uranium property portfolios in Canada consisting of 16 projects and additional prospective claims covering approximately 221,509 hectares. The Company has opportunities to realize value in a further  11 strategic metals projects which include lithium, nickel, gold, and copper exploration properties totalling approximately 114,316 hectares. Project highlights include:

  • The Black Lake property, located in the NE Athabasca Basin, (40% Greenridge, 50.43% UEC, 8.57% Orano) saw a 2004 discovery hole (BL-18) return 0.69% U3O8 over 4.4m.1
  • The Hook-Carter property (20% Greenridge, 80% Denison Mines Corp.) is strategically located in the SW Margin of the Athabasca Basin, sitting ~13km from NexGen Energy Ltd.’s Arrow deposit and ~20 km from Fission Uranium Corp.’s Triple R deposit.
  • The Gibbons Creek property hosts high-grade uraniferous boulders located in 2013, with grades of up to 4.28% U3O8 2, and the McKenzie Lake project saw a 2023 prospecting program return three samples which included 844 ppm U-total (0.101% U3O8), 273 ppm U-total, and 259 ppm U-total.3
  • The Nut Lake property located in the Thelon Basin includes historical drilling which intersected up to 9ft of 0.69% U3O8 including 4.90% U3O8 over 1ft from 8ft depth.4  In 2024, Greenridge’s prospecting program located a float sample that returned 31.13% U3O8, sourced from the Tundra Showing.5
  • The Firebird Nickel property has seen two drill programs (7 holes totaling 1,339 m), where hole FN20-002 intersected 23.8 m of 0.36% Ni and 0.09% Cu, including 10.6 m of 0.55% Ni and 0.14% Cu.6
  • The Electra Nickel project 2022 drill program included results of 2,040 ppm Ni over 1m and 1,260 ppm Ni over 3.5m.7

The Company has strategic partnerships which includes properties being operated and advanced by Denison Mines Corp. and Uranium Energy Corp. The Company’s management team, board of directors, and technical team brings significant expertise in capital raising and advancing mining projects and is poised to attract new investors and raise future capital.

References:

1 – Black Lake: UEX Corporation News Release dated October 12, 2004.
2 – Gibbons Creek: Lakeland Resources Inc. News Release dated January 8, 2014.
3 – McKenzie Lake: ALX Resources Corp. New Release dated November 7, 2023.
4 – Nut Lake: 1979 Assessment Report (number 81075) by Pan Ocean Oil Ltd.
5 – Nut Lake: Greenridge Exploration Inc. News Release dated February 19, 2024.
6 – Firebird Nickel: ALX Resources Corp. New Release dated April 15, 2020.
7 – Electra Nickel: ALX Resources Corp. New Release dated July 20, 2022.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors of Greenridge

Russell Starr
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Telephone: +1 (778) 897-3388
Email: info@greenridge-exploration.com

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