by MBC News | Sep 5, 2019 | Current News
For the second straight year, a powwow is being hosted to honour the 35 unnamed children buried in a makeshift gave at the Regina Indian Industrial School. “As we heal and get stronger as Treaty People, we must assure the spiritual healing is a part of our moving...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2019 | Current News
Crystal meth is becoming an increased problem on the Muskowekwan First Nation, forcing leadership to take action to combat the drug and associated criminal activity. Chief and Council has undertaken workshops and walks to raise awareness to the situation and is...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2019 | Current News
Indigenous enrolment is up at the University of Saskatchewan. Documents released by the university show an increase of 6.1 per cent in Indigenous enrolment for the fall semester when compared to the same period last year. Just under 2,800 First Nations, Métis and...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2019 | Current News
A new musician-in-residence program was launched in Stanley Mission Tuesday. The project is scheduled to last a year and is called CAMP, which stands for Community Arts Mentorship Programming. CAMP was organized by Eliza Doyle who will be one of four artists who will...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2019 | Current News
A northern outreach program for families affected by missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has received a $100,000 boost. The federal funding has been given to the Piwapan Women’s Centre in La Ronge for its Northern Connection Project. The funding will be...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2019 | Current News
A 26-year-old man from the Sweetgrass First Nation faces a number of charges after a vehicle and foot chase with police last Friday. RCMP began pursuing a speeding vehicle on Hwy 16, near Maidstone, and the driver was forced to stop around Cut Knife after hitting...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are set to open their pre-season schedule on Thursday night in Saskatoon when they face the Kindersley Klippers in a neutral-site affair. “We got to keep it simple, I want to see a high compete level and work ethic,” said La Ronge Ice Wolves...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2019 | Current News
A researcher with the University of Saskatchewan is planning a year-long study on how climate change and industrial development is affecting northern trappers. Pricilla Settee’s research will examine prospecting, mineral exploration, forestry, thinning ice. “They’re...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2019 | Current News
RCMP are searching a lake in Flin Flon for a Pelican Narrows man who has been missing for a year. Thirty-four-year-old Leroy George Custer was last seen in Prince Albert in the summer of 2018. RCMP underwater recovery teams from Saskatchewan and Manitoba are currently...
by MBC News | Sep 3, 2019 | Current News
The Trudeau government is targeting $15.2 million over three years to an Indigenous youth reconciliation pilot program. The funding was announced Tuesday morning by Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett at the University of Saskatchewan. The program will...
