by MBC News | Jun 22, 2021 | Current News
(By Marjorie D.L. Roden, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com) Like many, Patricia Ballantyne, a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, Sask., had a strong reaction to the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in an unmarked grave at...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2021 | Current News
A Southend man will appear in court today, charged with weapons and drug offenses. RCMP allege that at approximately 10 PM last Friday Tarrant Nordin discharged a firearm inside a home on Olsen Street. The bullet hit the exterior wall of the home. No one was injured....
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2021 | Current News
A woman and two men from Regina have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a homicide that happened in the city on the weekend. Early Friday morning, Regina Police were called to hospital for a report of an injured man who later died. The victim...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2021 | Current News
The communities of La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are celebrating National Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The day has been celebrated on June 21 since 1996. The event started with a pipe ceremony Monday morning and was then followed by a smudge walk...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for a 27-year-old man in relation to an armed robbery on the Muscowpetung First Nation in 2019. Police say the incident happened at a local business in the community in March of that year. Jarret Poitras is charged...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
RCMP say they have arrested a 23-year-old Wahpeton First Nation man after a firearm was pulled on an officer Thursday. Police say the incident happened around 12:30 p.m. when the officer approached a parked vehicle, that was believed to be stolen, behind a business in...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
(Photo Courtesy of Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame Facebook) The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame is marking Indigenous History Month. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the hall’s museum in Regina is closed to the public so other avenues are being used to celebrate the...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
The province is committing $2 million for the research and exploration of unmarked burials and graves at federally operated residential schools in Saskatchewan. “It will be challenging and emotional road for all of us. But one we must walk together because it’s...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
One man is dead, after capsizing a canoe on Amisk Lake near Creighton. RCMP say six men were canoeing Wednesday evening when their vessels overturned while trying to cross the lake. Police say that a storm rolled in creating large waves, which capsized the canoes. The...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
Lac La Ronge Indian Band members should expect an update on the band’s Cows and Plows settlement, formally called Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefits, later this year. In a press release, the band says it submitted its specific claim to the federal government in 2018...
