by MBC News | Dec 17, 2020 | Current News
The Western Hockey League has announced they will not be dropping the puck on Jan. 8 as originally planned. The league’s commissioner Ron Robinson said in a statement published online the COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty. “Given the public health...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2020 | Current News
Saskatchewan RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance locating a 54-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. Police have been searching for Spencer Bird for a number of months and he was also involved in an incident in May on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation and...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2020 | Current News
Prince Albert police are asking for the public’s assistance locating a 28-year-old woman. Marla Bear is described as 5’ 3” tall and weighing approximately 161 lbs. Anyone with information is asked to contact Prince Albert Police Service at 306-953-4222. (PHOTO: Marla...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2020 | Current News
The Northern Inter Tribal Authority says there are 350 active cases of COVID-19 in the north. The far northeast region continues to report the highest number of active cases with 148. The far northwest has the second highest number of cases with 91. The north central...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2020 | Current News
The province has entered into agreements with two First Nations who will provide renewable energy to Regina and Weyburn. Pesâkâstêw Solar, a partnership between George Gordon First Nation, Star Blanket Cree Nation and Natural Forces, will develop, own and operate the...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2020 | Current News
The COVID-19 outbreak on the Onion Lake Cree Nation has now topped 100 active cases. In a release posted to Facebook, the First Nation said there are approximately 30 close contacts per case. Most of the cases are attributed to small social gatherings, multi-family...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2020 | Current News
After more legal wrangling, Clarisse Lecoq remains the Prince Albert urban councillor for the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. A protracted battle over the position has been being waged since 2018. Warren McCallum was initially elected as urban councillor in a general...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2020 | Current News
A Saskatoon Indigenous theatre’s Christmas production premiered Wednesday night not on stage but in a virtual format. Leave it to Weavers is being put on by the Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre. Jennifer Dawn Bishop is the theatre’s artistic director. She said...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2020 | Current News
The Assembly of First Nations is condemning comments made by Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, in which he said to a group of Ryerson University students that the creation of residential schools was to “meant to try to provide an education,” to First Nations children....
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2020 | Current News
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is reporting 347 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities. The far northeast region continues to report the most active cases with 147. The north west has the second highest number of active cases with 94. The...
