by MBC News | Aug 17, 2022 | Current News
By Bailey Sutherland, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A historical First Nations trading post and Indigenous gravesite has been recognized as the province’s 56th Provincial Heritage Property by the Government of Saskatchewan thanks to two Prince Albert...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2022 | Current News
By Bailey Sutherland, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local DJ and music producer is paying his respects to two late great Northern Saskatchewan musicians that helped pave the way for the Indigenous music scene in the province by organizing a tribute concert in...
by Joel Willick | Aug 16, 2022 | Current News
A gathering held by the Touchwood Agency Tribal Council is offering an opportunity for healing for family members of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited people. The three-day gathering is running this week at the Dakota Dunes Conference...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2022 | Current News
A walk to honour First Nations people who have gone missing or been lost to violence is set to go in Prince Albert Wednesday. The 18 annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk will be departing from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2022 | Current News
After an over week-long search RCMP say the body of Lois Chartrand has been found. Chartrand, was last seen picking mushrooms on August 5 along the Hanson Lake Road north of Smeaton. An extensive search would be undertaken with several different police agencies and...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2022 | Current News
RCMP said missing 21-year-old Jordan Ben of the Big Island Lake Cree Nation was killed in a traffic collision, south of Meadow Lake late Sunday evening. Police said an SUV, driven by Ben and a semi collided. Ben was declared deceased at the scene, while the driver of...
by Joel Willick | Aug 15, 2022 | Current News
The federal government is investing $3.7 million in Saskatchewan tourism with over $900,000 of that investment earmarked for Indigenous tourism projects. On Monday morning, at an event at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault, announced the...
by Joel Willick | Aug 15, 2022 | Current News
After a two year hiatus the annual Woodland Cree Gathering is returning in a few weeks and organizers are expecting a big turnout. The gathering has historically been a yearly meeting of the Woodland Cree communities of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Peter Ballantyne...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2022 | Current News
A La Ronge woman, wanted on weapons charges from June has been arrested. RCMP says Celine Charles was arrested Thursday in Air Ronge. Mounties accuse Charles and three others in a June 19 incident in which a firearm was discharged towards an officer. Charles appeared...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2022 | Current News
A public inquest will take place next month into the death of a Sturgeon Lake First Nation man at a Saskatoon jail cell. 20-year-old Jayde Charles was found unresponsive at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre in December 2019. Authorities say lifesaving...
