by MBC News | Apr 17, 2023
A Court of King’s Bench judge has handed down a not guilty verdict in the case of a man charged in a stabbing death in Bell’s Point in 2020. Keegan Nelson-Smith was charged with second degree murder in the death of Muhammad Venne. Throughout the trial,...
by Joel Willick | Apr 17, 2023
On August 26, 2020, 28-year-old Cain Wapass was found unresponsive at the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation RCMP detachment. Wapass, who was in custody of the RCMP at the time, was pronounced dead at the scene. A public inquest into his death is taking place at the Coronet...
by MBC News | Apr 17, 2023
Fur trapping in the North is on the rebound. COVID-19 and lower fur prices have greatly impacted the industry. The pandemic saw a decrease in the number of trappers on the line, and a drop in fur tables, translates into less furs and opportunities to sell. ”In the...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2023
The Tony Cote Winter Games have officially wrapped up. Closing ceremonies for the games went Thursday in Saskatoon. Games Manager Lyle Daniels told MBC Radio News there was a sizable group of people who took part in the games this time around. “It was under...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2023
By Roman Hayter The Newcor mine near Creighton has been undergoing restoration efforts due to a new project. The provincial government’s new remediation project currently covers six different mine sites that will be restored as part of the province’s way of...
by Joel Willick | Apr 14, 2023
The Saskatoon Tribal Council held the grand opening of a new facility designed to help women transition back to society following incarceration. The Īkwēkīcik iskwēwak or “turning their life around” housing project is a facility designed to house 18 women for up to 18...
by Joel Willick | Apr 14, 2023
For the first time in several years all nine Dakota and Lakota nations in Saskatchewan gathered to speak on shared interests. The Dakota and Lakota Gathering has been taking place this week at Dakota Dunes Conference Centre on Whitecap Dakota First Nation – the first...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2023
A software company owned by Kitsaki Management is looking to help more people find work in the technology sector. PLATO, a software testing company which is majority owned by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s (LLRIB) economic development arm, is offering a training...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2023
Two men are facing charges after an armed home invasion in La Ronge Wednesday morning. In a media release sent out Thursday afternoon RCMP said three masked men forced their way into a home on the 100 block of Nikik Road looking for a man. Police said once the...
by Joel Willick | Apr 13, 2023
Onion Lake Cree Nation is taking the provincial government to court over the Saskatchewan First Act. The controversial legislation which recently received royal assent has received threats of legal action from many Indigenous groups, but Onion Lake is the first to...
