by MBC News | Feb 5, 2019
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is hosting an event this week for both residential school survivors and those who have experienced the trauma of a loved who has gone missing or been murdered. The “A Sense of Belonging: Coming Home” workshop is taking place at the...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2019
It looks like if a statutory Indigenous holiday does happen this year it will be in the fall instead of summer. Northern Saskatchewan NDP MP Georgina Jolibois had put forward a private member’s bill to make National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 a federally...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2019
The Assembly of First Nations says it welcomes the tabling of the Indigenous Languages Act. “This is landmark legislation to protect and strengthen Indigenous languages, the original languages of these lands, that embrace our identity, our worldview and our...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2019
A northern Saskatchewan MP says the federal government needs to develop a national housing plan for Indigenous communities. In the House of Commons last week Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, MP Georgina Jolibois told lawmakers that in Hatchet Lake, as many as 20...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
It was a game the La Ronge Ice Wolves likely deserved to win, but they came up short 6-3 in Melfort on Friday night versus the Mustangs. “It was a pretty good game for us,” said Ice Wolves Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson. “I think for the most part, we battled...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
A 37-year-old man faces various charges after a more than 250-kilometre police pursuit of a vehicle in northern Saskatchewan on Wednesday. The chase began around 8:20 p.m. on Hwy 2, about 25 kilometres north of Waskesiu, and ended on Hwy 165, a few kilometres east of...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
Three people have been charged after a drug bust on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation on Wednesday. During a search of a local residence, police seized a small amount of cocaine and five grams of methamphetamine. Officers also discovered weapons, a stolen vehicle and drug...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
An RCMP dive team has successfully recovered the bodies of two people from a plane at the bottom of Peter Pond Lake. The plane went down in 1959, killing the pilot and a conservation officer. The wreckage was discovered last July, yet recovery conditions were too...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
RCMP divers have recovered the remains of two people from the bottom of Peter Pond Lake. The Underwater Recovery Team arrived at the site earlier this week. On Wednesday, divers were able to reach the plane wreckage. It went down in the lake nearly 60 years ago,...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is putting a push on incorporating Indigenous language in public schools. Recently, representatives from the federation met with leaders all over Saskatchewan to determine the importance of language restoration. A press release...
