by MBC News | Jan 16, 2023 | Current News
The Willow Cree Chiefs seem to have come out flying this season following a move out of Warman and a rebranding from the now defunct Warman Wildcats Senior Hockey team and Coach Taylor Watts gives some of that credit to the community of Beardy’s & Okemasis First...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2023 | Current News
A 27-year-old Saskatchewan woman pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of young mother who was found dead on a highway near La Ronge in 2019. Telsa MacKenzie was sentenced to almost five years for her role in the death of Sheena Bilette. Mackenzie was originally...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2023 | Current News
RCMP are investigating a death in Pelican Narrows. Officers were called to a home in the 4000 block of Ballantyne Street early Wednesday morning. Mounties located injured Dalton Linklater. He was transported to hospital where he was declared deceased shortly after. An...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2023 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is getting a big donation to help clothe people in Prince Albert. This week PAGC was presented with winter clothing which was collected as part of the annual Wrapped Up for the Holidays campaign. The winter clothing campaign...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2023 | Current News
WARNING: Disturbing content The Star Blanket Cree Nation said it has discovered human remains in its search for unmarked residential school graves at the Qu’Appelle Industrial School, commonly referred to as the Lebret Indian Industrial school. The discovery of...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2023 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Justice continues to maintain that the Saskatchewan First Act isn’t a violation of duty to consult with First Nations and would hold up if legally challenged. Minister Bronwyn Eyre spoke with reporters following a Chamber of...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2023 | Current News
The First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) is welcoming a recent decision by Prince Albert City Council. At a council meeting Monday afternoon Councillors voted unanimously to transfer five acres of land to FNUC for one dollar, which the university is planning to...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2023 | Current News
For up to 50 years, the NorSask sawmill near Meadow Lake has been burning its wood waste, but now the new bioenergy facility aims to create a cleaner and more efficient way of getting rid of the waste without creating carbon emissions. Meadow Lake Tribal Council Vice...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2023 | Current News
A judge has awarded compensation to a former employee of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations who was dismissed in 2016. In a decision from last week, a Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench Judge found Danette Starblanket was “constructively dismissed...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2023 | Current News
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division school board will begin meetings representatives from nearby First Nations later this year. The board already meets with local rural municipalities, and education...
