by MBC News | Sep 17, 2021 | Current News
Montreal Lake Cree Nation will be initiating a lockdown due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the community. The lockdown is scheduled to run in phases with the first phase making the reserve available to community members only. The second phase will see 1 to...
by Joel Willick | Sep 16, 2021 | Current News
The northern community of Ile a la Crosse will soon have a new grocery store. The communities Cooperative Association officially announced this week that a new Co-op store is in the works. The association says this new store has been in the planning stages for several...
by Joel Willick | Sep 16, 2021 | Current News
This Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of a woman’s disappearance in Saskatoon. A walk is planned in her honour. Megan Gallagher was last seen by family and friends On Sept 19, 2020. Soon afterward Saskatoon police began investigating her disappearance...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
Buffalo Narrows RCMP have issued arrest warrants for two individuals wanted on drug and weapons charges. In the early morning hours of Sept. 9, police say they executed two search warrants on residences in the community. As a result, RCMP say they seized 6.5 ounces of...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
A woman currently living in Regina is the People’s Party of Canada federal candidate running in the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding. Dezirae Reddekopp, who works in the healthcare field, said in a Facebook post that she decided to run because she wanted...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
With less than a week to go on the federal election campaign trail, a man from Beauval is asking for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River voters’ support. Stephen King, a physical education teacher in the community, is running as an independent. He is in the works of...
by Joel Willick | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
The Saskatchewan opposition party is calling on the provincial government to recognize September 30th as an official holiday. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was recently declared a statutory holiday for all federal workers. Provinces and territories...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix Medical health officers in the far north are pushing for tougher COVID-19 measures to crush spiking case numbers. Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka, medical health officer with the Northern Inter-Tribal Health...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com There’s strength in numbers. That’s the thinking of representatives from 10 Saskatchewan-based, Indigenous-owned construction companies that have joined forces to boost their profiles. The...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
Another northern mayor is endorsing a candidate in the federal election. Ile a la Crosse Mayor Duane Favel is supporting Liberal candidate Buckley Belanger. “Buckley’s greatest gift is his passion, his ability to communicate and influence. He knows how to...
