by MBC News | Jul 22, 2022 | Current News
The Metis of Saskatchewan now control lands connected to the Batoche National Historic Site. Parks Canada transferred 690 hectares of land to the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan Friday, as the Metis were celebrating “Back to Batoche” festivities. “These lands...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2022 | Current News
By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Métis Nation citizens and guests are holding their annual festival in person at Batoche. Back to Batoche Days, which runs from...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2022 | Current News
The provincial opposition critic for Truth and Reconciliation is speaking out in support of Colby Tootoosis. Betty Nippi-Albright said speaking as a mother and a grandmother she was appalled at the assault on the 40 year old man from Poundmaker Cree Nation, who was...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2022 | Current News
RCMP says it is investigating a suspicious death in La Ronge. Mounties received a report of an assault at a home on Jack Bell Place in Bell’s Point early Thursday morning. Officers would locate an injured 24-year-old man who was transported to hospital, where he later...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2022 | Current News
RCMP is turning to the public for help in locating a Deschambault Lake man. Malcolm Custer left that northern community on foot June 27, headed towards La Ronge. He was last seen at the Big Sandy Bay Fishing and Hunting Resort north of Smeaton, SK, on Sunday July 17....
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2022 | Current News
Battleford RCMP have charged one man with assault after a man was attacked while dropping of a trailer at a home in the town this past weekend. In a media release RCMP said 46-year-old Adam Lesmeister of Battleford was arrested on Tuesday and charged with one count of...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2022 | Current News
Police in Prince Albert have made an arrest in a 13-month homicide. Officers said they have arrested a man from Muskoday Wednesday in connection to the death of Drexlyr Whitehead. The unidentified man will appear in court Thursday, charged with accessory after the...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2022 | Current News
The Town of La Ronge is in search of a new Mayor. Colin Ratushniak announced Tuesday evening he resigned his position on Council and will be leaving that northern community in early August for new employment. “Professionally, I’m so happy but personally, it is...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2022 | Current News
A newly elected Metis local in northern Saskatchewan is appealing for a greater relationship with its provincial body. The A La Baie Métis Local 21, home to the Sakitawak Metis, in the historic Metis community of Ile a la Crosse, wants a better relationship with the...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2022 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for criminal charges to be laid after an assault this past weekend in Battleford. In a media release sent out Tuesday the FSIN said a man from the Poundmaker Cree Nation was in a yard in Battelford...
