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Legal aid lawyer Cara Hill told the court she hasn’t been able to reach Swiftwolfe by phone inside the Saskatchewan Penitentiary. She asked for an adjournment to give her time to talk to him. Crown Prosecutor Oryn Holm agreed to the adjournment until Aug. 5 saying the Crown has minimal disclosure. Swiftwolfe was arrested July 7 at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary where he is currently serving four years on weapons charges, uttering threats, assault, evading/fleeing from police, and dangerous driving. Cassandra Fox, 24, is also charged with first-degree murder in Ham’s death. She was arres...

Among the performances BATC received was a video of dancer Lacy Albert of Sweetgrass First Nation. Some of the other submissions include performances by Warren Daniels of Sturgeon Lake, Sask .; The event runs until 12 p.m. on June 21. Normally BATC hosts Treaty Day and a Powwow outside the Dekker Centre for Indigenous Day. But it has not been able to do that since 2019 due to the pandemic restrictions. So the organization is having virtual activities until times return to normal. BATC is also having weekly virtual events this month focusing on a series of health related topics, including work...

These charges stem from a number of investigations including a report of an altercation at a business on Highway 16 in North Battleford on April 30, 2020. Investigation by the Battlefords Detachment and Municipal GIS section determined that occupants of a vehicle at that location had been sprayed by bear spray by two females.  In another incident on December 6, 2020, members of the Saskatchewan Crime Reduction Team, Battlefords Gang Task Force, and the Battlefords Detachment, engaged in a pursuit with an SUV believed to be driven by a male who was wanted on a number of violent offences. ...

It is part of a $100 million investment by the government over five years (since 2018) to “support Indigenous groups’ efforts towards developing their own path to reconstituting their nations,” according to the government’s news release. According to Kathy Kissick, chief financial officer for BATC, they had submitted a proposal to Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) for 2020-21, as part of a multi-year submission for 2020-23 as a collaborative Nation Rebuilding Program for their seven nations: Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, Moosomin First Nation, Mosquito Grizz...

But then he remembered he had been nominated for this award.  He and his wife Krista will be heading down to Regina April 13 for what will be a busy couple of days. The actual ceremony will be the following day, in which Fox and the other recipients receive their medals from provincial Lt. Gov. Vaughn Solomon Schofield at Government House. From there, they will head to the legislature, where MLA Herb Cox will introduce him. “And so I thought that was kind of neat, too. And then after that I guess it’s over,” said Fox. “Somewhere in there, I think we’re going to eat something.�...