Derek Cornet

1 day ago | panow.com | Derek Cornet

By federal politics May 14, 2025 | 2:03 PM Liberal MP Buckley Belanger has been named the Secretary of State for Rural Development. Belanger, who serves as the MP for Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River in Northern Saskatchewan, was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday. “The prime minister wants to make sure that he doesn’t have a large cabinet and being construed as bloated and big,” Belanger remarked.

2 days ago | sasknow.com | Derek Cornet

By accomplishment May 13, 2025 | 1:18 PM La Ronge’s Brett Angus will receive the Order of Gabriel Dumont Bronze Medal. Angus is currently the president of the Jim Brady Métis Local 19, and the chief of the Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NSITEP) Student Council, where he is just finished his second year as a student. “It’s pretty cool. It’s a great honour my faculty nominated me for the medal,” Angus remarked.

3 days ago | sasknow.com | Derek Cornet

In the last four years, Burnouf has been part of the Provincial Métis Council which meets once per month, as well as works with the Regional Métis Council, which meets four times per year and provides her with direction. The regional council includes to presidents of Métis Locals in Candle Lake, La Ronge, Stony Rapids, Uranium City, and Weyakwin/Timber Bay.

6 days ago | sasknow.com | Derek Cornet

By sports May 9, 2025 | 12:00 PM Eagle Point Resort owner Lolita Poirier is expecting a busier-than-usual summer at her nine-hole golf course. “I think we are pretty on par for how many memberships have been sold,” she remarked. “I always see people I don’t know on the tee-sheet, so new people are trying it out.

1 week ago | sasknow.com | Derek Cornet

By giving back May 8, 2025 | 5:27 PM A $300,000 donation to support dialysis treatment in La Ronge from long-time residents Dr. James Irvine and Trudy Connor will provide a long-lasting impact for northerners. “The idea of having a new long-term care in our community to help people stay in the community rather than having Elders travel south is a real tremendous benefit, and we wanted to participate with that,” Irvine explained.