by MBC News | Jun 17, 2022
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is conducting a by-election for Chief. This comes after the Elders Council informed Chief Karen Bird in May it was removing her from office for unprofessional conduct and behaviour. The May 10 2022, letter alleges that the Elders...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2022
The Prince Albert Police Service has confirmed a suspicious death in the city is being investigated as a homicide. Police say a 41-year-old man was found dead outside a home in the city on Thursday. He has been identified as Joseph Sayese from Prince Albert. The...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2022
A Cree bilingual school in Saskatoon, set for construction later this year, has received a funding boost. While the province of Saskatchewan provided funding to construct the St. Frances Cree Bilingual school, the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School division says many...
by Joel Willick | Jun 16, 2022
Peter Ballantyne Child and Family Services is celebrating the grand opening of its new therapeutic centre for Children and youth. The Therapeutic Centre, on PBCN reserve land south of Prince Albert, will serve PBCN children who have exceptional behavioral or medical...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2022
Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com After facing push back on a number of fronts for proceeding with legal action, 17 plaintiffs from northern Alberta have decided to withdraw from the litigation known as the Durocher land claim. The...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2022
The woman accused of arson, which destroyed the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre in Prince Albert has asked a provincial court judge to allow her to attend a drug rehabilitation program in Manitoba. Gina Beatty was in court Wednesday, where her defense attorney...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2022
At an event in Fort Qu’Appelle on Wednesday Canada Post unveiled its commemorative stamp recognizing the 39-year leadership of Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier. Day Walker-Pelletier served the most consecutive terms ever by an elected First Nations chief in...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2022
RCMP are now considering a recent suspicious death on Montreal Lake Cree Nation a homicide. The deceased has been identified as Chad Duncan Bird. Bird was found dead outside a home in the community last Tuesday. As the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit investigates...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2022
By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix The next elections in Saskatchewan may be a long ways away — but Elections Saskatchewan is busy preparing now, so all eligible voters will have the chance to cast their ballot when the time...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2022
(Photo of the Stanley Mission wildfire. Courtesy of Megan Cook, Facebook.) Residents of Stanley Mission are on their way to Saskatoon for the foreseeable future as a wildfire southwest of that northern community has forced the evacuation. The MCCAFE fire which is...
