by MBC News | Apr 19, 2022 | Current News
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com It’s taken 21 years for the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in central Saskatchewan to work through the Treaty Land Entitlement process and be compensated for the land it was shorted when it adhered to...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2022 | Current News
The Prince Albert Police (PAPS) have charged a 24-year-old woman with arson in relation to the fire which destroyed the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre. In a media release sent out Monday evening PAPS said the woman, who is from Prince Albert, will make her first...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2022 | Current News
Leaders of the Prince Albert Grand Council say they are shocked and devastated by the fire at the Senator Allan Bird Memorial Gym. The building, which the PAGC described as a historic gathering place caught fire early Friday morning. “We are heartbroken to lose one of...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2022 | Current News
A Saskatchewan NDP MLA is looking to change the way consultations are done with First Nations in the province. Wednesday Betty Nippi-Albright the party’s critic for First Nations and Métis relations introduced a bill which calls for big changes to the way the...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2022 | Current News
The man who pleaded guilty to killing his parents and young son along with attempting to kill his daughter has received his sentence. Nathaniel Carrier was given a sentence of 25 years to life for first degree murder, two additional sentences of 18 years to life along...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2022 | Current News
The mother of an Indigenous child said she was scared to learn that her infant son had suffered a broken right femur while in the care of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon. Teelay Soosay said she went to visit seven-month-old Tobias in the hospital on...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2022 | Current News
The Tony Cote First Nation Summer games are back. With the Saskatchewan Health Authority lifting many restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic it was officially announced this week that the games will be returning for the first time since the pandemic began. The return...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2022 | Current News
The Sports Director for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is apologizing to a youth hockey team for twice incorrectly stating their team name. Corey O’Soup was presenting a trophy and banner to the U9 Beardy’s Blackhawks, but referenced them as the...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2022 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for answers after a baby allegedly broke his leg at the Jim Pattison Children’s hospital. Tobias Soosay was born prematurely this past September and has been at the hospital ever since. According to the...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2022 | Current News
Two people are facing several charges after a series of alleged assaults on Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say a man and woman committed a series of assaults in the community this past Wednesday with one of the assaults reportedly involving bear mace. When officers...
