by MBC News | Dec 7, 2021
A Councillor with a northern First Nation said the restrictions and life upheaval caused through the COVID-19 pandemic have caused an increase in depression, leading to more suicides and addictions. Devin Bernatchez, with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band said job losses,...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
On Monday morning, the federal government announced it will hand over a volume of residential school records to a national archives centre. The government has been criticized recently for withholding these documents. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
One person is dead after two semis collided about 10 kilometers north of Davidson. The collision happened around 2 a.m. Monday. According to RCMP, one semi jack-knifed on the highway and a second hit it. The two occupants of the jack-knifed semi didn’t report...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
The province is investing up to $1 million to assist Alberta in its fight to stop the migration of the Mountain Pine Beetle. The wood-boring insect, which made its presence known to British Columbia in the early 1990’s is responsible for impacting more than 18 million...
by Joel Willick | Dec 6, 2021
Saskatchewan’s most widely circulated Indigenous newspaper will have new ownership in the new year. In September, John Lagimodierre announced his planned exit from Eagle Feather News after over two decades as the paper’s owner and managing editor. Now, a group of four...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
SaskTel has announced the next set of communities who will get it’s fibre optic internet service. 24 rural communities will be next up to get the faster internet service, including La Loche, Buffalo Narrows and Île-à-la Crosse. This is phase four of the...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2021
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation said it is the first in the province to provide its households and businesses with full fibre-optic broadband internet services. More than 200 households, the band office, health centre and business park now have access to...
by Joel Willick | Dec 3, 2021
The Round Prairie Elder’s Lodge is a 26-unit residence in Saskatoon aimed at housing Métis elders and giving them culturally based safe and affordable housing. Several dignitaries, leaders, community members, and a couple of the new residence were on hand for a grand...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2021
A member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is the University of Saskatchewan’s new Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence. Zoey Roy, a Cree, Dene and Métis poet who grew up in Saskatoon, has been working as an artist for 15 years. As Storyteller-in-Residence, Roy will...
by Joel Willick | Dec 2, 2021
As cold weather hits Saskatoon and other areas of the province the Saskatoon Tribal Council is hoping to open a winter shelter in the city as soon as possible. STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand says they have identified a building in the city’s downtown core for what he...
