by bryanorthner | Jun 14, 2023 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is responding to a recent call from the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) for changes to provincial wildfire policy. In an email statement provided to MBC Radio News, the SPSA said they are committed to working with First...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2023 | Current News
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation is going to be working with the federal government to implement the First Nation’s right to self-government. In a media release sent out Tuesday afternoon, the nation says the two sides have signed a letter of understanding which aims to...
by bryanorthner | Jun 13, 2023 | Current News
“For Peat’s Sake” is a community-led, grassroots organization committed to the protection of the muskeg lands in northern Saskatchewan. The event will feature keynote speakers, medicine walks, cultural teachings and art sessions. Maggie King, a volunteer...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2023 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band released an update to their “Cows and Plows” Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefit Claim. In the announcement, the LLRIB said that Canada has now agreed to enter into accelerated negotiations with the band to address the entire claim....
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2023 | Current News
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Canada’s highest court will not hear a case of two Red River Métis men in Saskatchewan who were charged and convicted for unlawfully harvesting, one of the cases from more than a decade ago. On...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2023 | Current News
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Representatives from the Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence were in Washington, DC last week to assert the sovereignty of First Nations as economic partners with the...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2023 | Current News
A program to increase screening for cervical cancer and the Human Papillomavirus in Northern Saskatchewan will continue through the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, two Sask. doctors and the Canadian Cancer Society. Cornelius Spiers, a retired doctor from...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2023 | Current News
A preliminary hearing is set for October for three people charged in the death of Jeremy Ernest. Hannah Durocher, Tyson Lasas and Trevor Alexander are charged with second-degree murder in the homicide. RCMP were called to the Waterhen Lake First Nation on Nov. 12,...
by bryanorthner | Jun 9, 2023 | Current News
The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) wants wildfire policies in Saskatchewan to change. Brian Hardlotte said the Tribal Council is wanting to see some changes made in how wildfires in the north are dealt with. Speaking with MBC Radio News,...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2023 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling for changes to the province’s wildfire strategies. In a media release sent out Friday morning the Tribal Council called for the implementation of recommendations from a 2018 PAGC task force along with those laid...
