by MBC News | Feb 28, 2022 | Current News
A baby was born on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation for the first time in 50 years. Kaleo Rabbitskin was born Wednesday at the Nation’s healing lodge with the help of midwives and traditional knowledge keepers. Kaleo’s grandmother, senior nurse Norma Rabbitskin said the...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2022 | Current News
A software testing company that works to give employment and training opportunities to Indigenous people across Canada has acquired a technology company based in Regina. PLATO Testing provides Indigenous people with free training then offers guaranteed employment once...
by MBC News | Feb 25, 2022 | Current News
A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged after an alleged assault in Pelican Narrows Tuesday. RCMP were called to a residence in the community with reports of an injured woman. As a result, River Jason James Charles was charged with aggravated assault, mischief...
by MBC News | Feb 25, 2022 | Current News
The inquest into the death of a Black Lake First Nation man in a Saskatoon jail cell will take place next month. Benjamin Toutsaint was found unresponsive at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in May of 2019. Medical personnel would make lifesaving attempts on his life,...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2022 | Current News
A tuberculosis outbreak in Pelican Narrows has been confirmed by northern health officials. The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Health Services announced the outbreak in a statement posted to Facebook on Wednesday. While no numbers have been reported, the northern health...
by Joel Willick | Feb 24, 2022 | Current News
Canada’s Justice Minister says a federal position designed to work collaboratively with First Nations over the continued discovery of unmarked graves at former residential school sites is nearing an official announcement. In the summer of 2021, the federal...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2022 | Current News
Prince Albert police are investigating after a 30-year-old man was found suffering from a gunshot wound Wednesday morning. Police were called to a residence in the 500 block of 5th Street East around 5 a.m. after the complaint of a shooting. The 30-year-old was found...
by Joel Willick | Feb 23, 2022 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is seeking partnerships with landowners to help bolster any possible legal action against the province over new trespassing laws. In addition, the Office of the Treaty Commissioner says they have sent out a legal warning...
by Joel Willick | Feb 23, 2022 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is putting its support behind a class-action lawsuit over Tuberculosis sanatoriums. TB sanatoriums were extensions of the so-called “Indian Hospital” system established by the federal government in the 1930s to battle...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2022 | Current News
Warning: Disturbing Content. The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) said it is extending its search grid for the Delmas residential school. An initial search of the school’s foundation yielded zero anomalies in ground-penetrating radar conducted by SNC Lavalin....
