by MBC News | Sep 23, 2022
Advocates are calling for the creation of a 50-bed cold weather shelter to be operated in Prince Albert. The YWCA and the River Bank Development Corporation estimate homelessness and living rough in the City are on the rise. “We’re seeing things here that we...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2022
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new report from Statistics Canada has found many Indigenous people in Canada struggling to find safe, quality housing. In Saskatchewan, researchers, advocates and community members know how serious the problem...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2022
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is rejecting arguments that the occupants arrested during the Justice for Our Stolen Children Camp had their Charter Rights violated. Prescott Demas and others contend that the Chambers Judge erred in considering violations to section...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2022
Walks are set to take place across Canada this coming weekend to support veterans. One of the Canadian Walk for Veterans events is set to go Saturday afternoon in Prince Albert at Kinsmen Park. Michelle McKeaveney, who is the team lead for the walk in Prince Albert...
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2022
The Winnipeg Jets are hiring someone who is no stranger to the Saskatchewan indigenous sports scene as a college scout. Sydney Daniels, who is a member of the Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nation has been hired by the club and becomes the first First Nations woman from...
by MBC News | Sep 21, 2022
Two public inquests will be held in to the stabbing deaths, which rocked the province in early September. Chief Coroner Clive Weighill said Wednesday that one inquest will involve the 10 stabbing victims and the death of suspect Damien Sanderson. The second inquest...
by MBC News | Sep 21, 2022
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Trustees with the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division board plan to encourage more Indigenous candidates to run in the next school board election. Board members began discussing the issue of Indigenous...
by MBC News | Sep 20, 2022
Almost two years to the day since the disappearance of Megan Gallagher one man is facing a murder charge. Police say a 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in relation to Gallagher’s death. Gallagher, a Métis woman from...
by MBC News | Sep 20, 2022
Crown prosecutors are proceeding by indictment against Dawn Walker. Walker, the former chief of staff of the FSIN, faces numerous charges after allegedly faking her death and fleeing to the United States. Now that the Crown is proceeding by indictment, Walker could...
by MBC News | Sep 20, 2022
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Indigenous Day at Carlton Comprehensive High School last Friday served as a way to empower youth and celebrate Indigenous culture. The day gave students a chance to learn about everything from building...
