by Jenna Smith | Feb 13, 2024 | Current News
A Saskatchewan man has been cast for a role in one of HBO’s most popular crime drama series. Joel D. Montgrand plays Eddie Qavvik in True Detective: Night Country, which is the fourth season of the series. Montgrand is member of Peter Ballentyne Cree Nation,...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2024 | Current News
Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race organizers have confirmed this year’s race will be going ahead. In a post on the race’s official Facebook page organizers said the 2024 event will be going ahead as planned. The decision comes after members of the...
by Jenna Smith | Feb 12, 2024 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority is adding electric vehicle charging station at its casinos. Level three and two electric vehicle charging stations are now offered to SIGA guests at three of their casino locations. The ChargePoint Level three offers...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2024 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is celebrating Friday’s Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to reaffirm federal legislation regarding Indigenous child welfare and family services. The High Court ruled unanimously that the Act Respecting First Nations, Metis and Inuit...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2024 | Current News
Piapot First Nation is demanding an apology from a Saskatchewan MP over remarks he made at the House of Commons. Last Week, during a debate over the First Nations water bill, Conservative MP Kevin Waugh spoke out against the Liberal government’s handling of the...
by bryanorthner | Feb 9, 2024 | Current News
The Saskatchewan RCMP is speaking out about public safety concerns in Pelican Narrows. Earlier this week leadership from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) put out a public call for assistance to help deal with violence and illicit drugs in the community. RCMP...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2024 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is applauding the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision ruling the federal government’s Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations Peoples have sole authority over the protection of...
by Jenna Smith | Feb 9, 2024 | Current News
Celebrations are underway at Montreal Lake Cree Nation to celebrate their adhesion to Treaty Six, which took place 135 years ago. The Treaty Six adhesion was signed under Chief William Charles in Molanosa, which is on the northeastern shores of Montreal Lake. Today at...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2024 | Current News
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Ron Quintal, president of the Fort McKay Métis Nation, is pleased with what could arguably be called the only substantial amendment from INAN, the all-party Standing Committee on Indigenous and...
by Jenna Smith | Feb 9, 2024 | Current News
The City of Regina, Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina Public Library, and the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre are coming together to celebrate Indigenous Storytelling Month by putting on a Star Stories Night. The event will focus on Indigenous storytelling centered...
