by MBC News | Feb 21, 2023 | Current News
Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme will be taking on a new role with an important committee. In a media release published Tuesday, The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) along with Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2023 | Current News
The Federal Court has sided with Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Karen Bird, in that she was unfairly removed from her position last spring. The Court found that Council and the Elders Council decision for removal in May 2022 did not follow the First Nations...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2023 | Current News
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The StarPhoenix When Miriam Körner was a young woman, she left her home in Germany to travel the world. But when she came to Saskatchewan two decades ago, she knew she was here to stay. “I had ended up on the...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2023 | Current News
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is speaking out in support of some recently introduced federal legislation. The federal Liberal government has announced plans to put forward legislation which will create an independent commission that will review potential...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2023 | Current News
The member of parliament for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River is speaking on drinking water problems on First Nations in Canada. Gary Vidal, who also serves as the Conservative Party’s shadow minister and critic for Indigenous Services Canada told MBC Radio...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2023 | Current News
La Ronge Liquor store. Credit Roman Hayter By Roman Hayter La Ronge Town Council announced it would consider allocating up to $2.5 million in funds to operate that community’s primary liquor store. The liquor permit from Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming went up for...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2023 | Current News
By Roman Hayter A survey conducted by First Nations communities in Saskatchewan and Alberta found that Indigenous Peoples living with HIV were less likely to know their status than the general population. The Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange, or CATIE, is...
by Joel Willick | Feb 15, 2023 | Current News
A man from Saskatoon has been criminally charged for comments he allegedly made about Megan Gallagher. Gallagher, a Metis woman from Saskatoon, was killed in 2020 and her body was found in the South Saskatchewan River near the town of St. Louis in September of this...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2023 | Current News
By Roman Hayter An upcoming event is focusing on the betterment and wellbeing of dogs in the tri-communities. The presentation will be used to highlight the evidence obtained from an ongoing community study on ways to enhance the welfare and service outcomes...
by Joel Willick | Feb 15, 2023 | Current News
The family of a woman murdered in Saskatoon more than 20-year-ago is concerned about her killer receiving day parole. In June 2002, Kenneth Mackay was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Crystal Paskemin of Sweetgrass First Nation. In December 2000, Mackay had...
