by MBC News | Jan 31, 2023 | Current News
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) is looking at undertaking a major project in Prince Albert. At an Executive Council meeting Monday the Prince Albert City Council unanimously agreed to support in principal the MN-S plan to buy over 20 acres of land in the...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2023 | Current News
A committee of Parliamentarians have heard that Indigenous language revitalization needs to focus more on immersion and at-home learning opportunities. Dr. Melanie Griffith Brice, an Associate Professor at the University of Regina and Research Chair in Michif/Metis...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2023 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is weighing in on a controversy involving the Harvard University women’s ice hockey coach after it was alleged she made racist comments. Former player and assistant coach Sydney Daniels, from Mistawasis First...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2023 | Current News
A new organization is being established in Saskatchewan to help Indigenous musicians. Thursday morning some of the board members for the newly formed Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Association spoke to media in Prince Albert at the E.A Rawlinson Centre about the new...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2023 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band officially opens its new cultural facility in Hall Lake. The new facility is intended to help youth connect with their culture. “We’re using the building to go back and teach our children how we lived in the old days, before furnaces...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2023 | Current News
Isaiah Halkett (left) and Olivia Lariviere (right) were friends of Carla Thomas, and are mourning her death. Megan Heyhurst photography. The woods behind the La Ronge Health Centre are deceptively isolating. Walking into the bush through the knee-deep snow, the...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2023 | Current News
The University of Saskatchewan College of Law will be hosting a lecture talking about decolonizing Canada’s justice system. The talk is set to go Jan. 30 at the College of Law in Saskatoon and will feature lawyer David Nahwegahbow, who will be talking about some...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2023 | Current News
By Roman Hayter The Lac La Ronge Indian Band recently released a letter reasserting their stance on drugs and crime in on-reserve housing. The letter reiterates the band’s no-compromise, non-negotiable stand against drug-related and other illegal activities...
by MBC News | Jan 24, 2023 | Current News
The Saskatoon Tribal Council is defending its Emergency Wellness Center in the Fairhaven neighbourhood, after a local pastor suggested there has been an increase in mischief and vandalism related calls to his property since the Emergency Wellness Center opened Nov....
by MBC News | Jan 24, 2023 | Current News
Left to right: Jordan Nolan, Brandon Nolan, Jon Mirasty. (Courtesy of Google Images.) By Roman Hayter A former professional hockey player from Saskatchewan is preparing to film season 2 of a popular Canadian television program. “Shoresy” is a Canadian...