by MBC News | Mar 7, 2022 | Current News
By: Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Trustees got a good look at the growth and success of Indigenous language programming during the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division board of education meeting on Monday. Superintendent Jennifer Hingley...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2022 | Current News
As communities in Northern Saskatchewan grapple with tuberculosis outbreaks, the area MP asks when will the federal government release its tuberculosis reduction action plan for First Nations communities. “In northern Saskatchewan, we make up three-point-six percent...
by Joel Willick | Mar 4, 2022 | Current News
The Saskatoon Tribal Council has signed an agreement with the province to help support First Nation inmates as they transition back into the community. STC Chief Mark Arcand, along with the other STC chiefs, and Saskatchewan’s public safety Minister Christine...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2022 | Current News
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is working to get a Junior B hockey franchise. The team, which will be called the PBCN Selects, would begin playing in the Manitoba Keystone Junior B Hockey League in October. The team’s general manager Gavin Church said the name...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2022 | Current News
First Nation leaders say they are appalled by what they perceive as a lack of action from the Prince Albert police and the city in the wake of the homicide of a toddler. 13-month-old Tanner Brass was allegedly murdered by his father after police arrested his mother...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2022 | Current News
The Ministry of Highways is looking for La Ronge, Air Ronge and Lac La Ronge Indian Band residents’ feedback on improvements to highway 2 and highway 102. The major roadway connects the three communities. Many residents walk and bike on the shoulder of the...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2022 | Current News
First Nations people wishing to no longer have their ethnicity displayed on their health card can now have it removed. The province dropped the “R” for “Registered Indian” on health cards March 1, stating this information is not required to obtain health care. “Making...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2022 | Current News
First Nations leaders are demanding the immediate firing of three officers and the Chief of the Prince Albert Police over what they said is the preventable death of an infant. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Prince Albert Grand Council, and...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2022 | Current News
The Buffalo River Dene Nation selected a new chief and mostly new councillors when they hit the polls Friday. Norma Catarat is now in the top leading spot. Surrounding her at the council table will be Colin Catarat, Dallas Billette, Merle Catarat, Terrance Byhette and...
by MBC News | Mar 1, 2022 | Current News
A man from Grandmother’s Bay took home the King Trapper crown from the Prince Albert Winter Festival event this past weekend. Norman McKenzie won gold, finishing beside his brother Gerald who got third and Richard Charles from Stanley Mission who took the silver....
