by MBC News | Jun 27, 2019 | Current News
A five-episode podcast series called “MMIWG: The Truth Sharing” is inspired by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. It was released at the end of last month. The series is produced by Eagle Vision, an independent film and...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2019 | Current News
Partners hope a new bachelor of education program in northern Saskatchewan will address some of the gaps created after the Sask. Party government cut the Northern Teacher Education Program in 2017. The University of Saskatchewan will begin offering the four-year...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2019 | Current News
A controversial road development in central Saskatchewan is now on hold for the remainder of the year, as the municipality looks to consult with affected First Nations, following the discovery of ancient Indigenous artifacts. “We have identified varying levels of...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2019 | Current News
The disappearance of 22-year-old Jenaya Mary Wapemoose is being considered as suspicious. Wapemoose was reported missing to the Regina Police on May 7. A family member reported last seeing her in person on March 10 and it’s believed others had contact with her as...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
The SJHL has released its pre-season schedule for 2019. As it stands right now, the La Ronge Ice Wolves are slated to play three exhibition games before the campaign begins for real in mid-September. The Ice Wolves will open the pre-season Sept. 5 in Saskatoon versus...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2019 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council Women’s Commission is putting on the 15th annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk Thursday. “We wanted to bring awareness about how serious it is for missing and murdered women and then families were talking to us...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2019 | Current News
It appears Canadians won’t have the opportunity to celebrate a statutory Indigenous holiday anytime soon. Northern Saskatchewan NDP MP Georgina Jolibois’ private member’s bill to make Sept. 30 a national holiday died in the Senate last week after both houses convened...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2019 | Current News
One of five prisoners accused of killing another inmate at the Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary in Prince Albert during a riot has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and has been sentenced to an additional ten years in prison. Court documents say that Kelfert Watetch of...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Saskatoon Folkfest announced its 2019 honourary ambassador for the 40th annual event scheduled for August. The announcement came on June 21, which is also National Indigenous Peoples Day, and Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand will be holding the ambassador title. “I...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
A University of Saskatchewan (USask) graduate student who is originally from La Ronge has received this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Centennial Aboriginal Scholarship. Aaron John Bell is a biology PhD student in the USask College of Arts and Science and was awarded the...
