by MBC News | Oct 29, 2021 | Current News
The preliminary hearing in the murder of La Ronge woman Sheena Billette has been adjourned until November. The fourth day of the hearing took place Friday at the Elks Hall in Air Ronge. 26 year-old Charlie Charles, 31-year-old Deborah McKenzie, 26-year-old Telsa...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2021 | Current News
With Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne focusing on the post-pandemic economy, one northern leader is excited for the province’s north. “We do need to make big investments in our provincial infrastructure to support our provincial economy overall, but we must ensure...
by Joel Willick | Oct 29, 2021 | Current News
The recently elected president of the Metis National Council says her goal is to bring all Metis Nations together. Cassidy Caron was the first woman elected to the national Metis leadership position at a General Assembly last month. Caron came into the position during...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2021 | Current News
By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Holly Aubichon, a Métis artist who lives in Regina, entered the 19th annual BMO 1st Art! Competition earlier this year. Her entry, titled Modern Medicine, ended up being chosen as the...
by Joel Willick | Oct 28, 2021 | Current News
The election results are in and Bobby Cameron has been re-elected as chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. 992 of an eligible 1088 voters cast their ballot during Thursday’s election. Multiple delays drove the election into later Thursday...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021 | Current News
UPDATE: RCMP say Brandi Johnstone has been located safe ………………. Spiritwood RCMP is asking for the public’s help in finding a 27-year-old woman. Brandi Johnstone was last seen on Pelican Lake First Nation Tuesday. She is...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021 | Current News
Wollaston Lake RCMP say the dedicated search for two missing boaters on the northern Saskatchewan lake has now become reactive in nature. This means RCMP officers will now only initiate a search for the missing boaters if new information is received. The boaters went...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021 | Current News
The Chief of a northern First Nation said the killing of bears earlier this summer was uncalled for. Karen Bird, Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is disputing the provincial government’s assessment that bears needed to be euthanized near the Southend...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021 | Current News
Voting delegates at the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) election assembly will have to wait a few more hours before they hear the results of Thursday’s election. The chief electoral officer announced Thursday afternoon that polls will remain...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021 | Current News
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has named icing as the main factor in the West Wind Aviation crash that went down near Fond du Lac airport. On Thursday, the TSB released its report from the investigation into the flight that crashed in 2017. The almost...
