by MBC News | May 8, 2023
Indigenous Economic Development Day acts as a way to acknowledge and celebrate the role of Indigenous businesses and peoples in the economy as well as the importance of economic diversity while highlighting Indigenous and non-Indigenous partnerships, job creation, and...
by MBC News | May 8, 2023
A girl from the Montreal Lake Cree Nation is facing a second-degree murder charge in the homicide of Keith Stewart. RCMP says it arrested the girl, who is under the age of 16 on Thursday. Mounties allege that after midnight last Tuesday it received a report of a man...
by MBC News | May 8, 2023
A movement focused on reconciliation and ending gender-based violence will be taking place Canada-wide this week. The Moose Hide Campaign was created twelve years ago by an Indigenous father and daughter to speak out against gender-based and domestic violence. This...
by MBC News | May 8, 2023
Residents of La Loche returned home Sunday morning, as officials declared the evacuation of that community last week over. A massive blaze forced residents from their homes as the flames and smoke were posing a threat. Residents left Regina Saturday evening. Citizens...
by MBC News | May 5, 2023
The province is celebrating Treaties. The week of May 21-27 will soon be proclaimed by First Nations, Metis and Northern Affairs Minister Don McMorris as Treaties Recognition Week. He is set to issue a proclamation next week. McMorris is asking citizens to recognize...
by MBC News | May 5, 2023
A significant wildfire which caused the evacuation orders for the Clearwater River Dene Nation and Northern Village of La Loche has not increased in size in the past 36 hours. That fire is 266 hectares in size. “No homes, businesses or infrastructure have been burnt...
by MBC News | May 5, 2023
A public inquest will be held next month into the death of an Indigenous man at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre. William Whitebear was found unresponsive in his cell on November 2, 2020.SPCC staff and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel responded,...
by MBC News | May 5, 2023
Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day for Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People, is taking place in many communities across the country. Today’s focus is to recognize and raise awareness of the...
by Joel Willick | May 5, 2023
Several volunteer medical professionals will be in Ile a la Crosse this weekend providing eye exams to children in the community. The Indigenous Children Eye Examination (ICEE) program, out of Ontario, will be flying up with a team to the northern community On...
by MBC News | May 4, 2023
A mandatory evacuation of the Clearwater River Dene Nation Wednesday forced residents from their homes well into Thursday, with the last scheduled bus leaving south at 6:30 PM. A human-caused wildfire, which started days ago, is threatening infrastructure. Luckily a...
