by Jenna Smith | May 30, 2024 | Current News
The Scattered Sites Outreach Program in La Ronge will be ending all programs and closing its doors at the end of next month. Scattered Sites is operated by the Kikinahk Friendship Centre and offers unhoused individuals meals and addictions treatment. It also serves...
by MBC News | May 29, 2024 | Current News
Update Monay 11:29 am The school on Waterhen Lake First Nation has been completely destroyed by a fire. The school caught fire Tuesday afternoon and officials from the First Nation put out a statement Wednesday morning where they say they expect the school cannot be...
by Joel Willick | May 29, 2024 | Current News
Ahkathkakoop Cree Nation and the province of Saskatchewan have signed an agreement moving them closer to completing a new project in Saskatoon. The two sides officially signed a Project Development Agreement Wednesday afternoon for the planned Urgent Care Centre in...
by MBC News | May 29, 2024 | Current News
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Sitting president Cassidy Caron has announced she won’t run in September’s Métis National Council (MNC) election, citing the coming birth of her first child. Caron, who is the youngest and first...
by MBC News | May 29, 2024 | Current News
A reconciliation flag raising event in Saskatoon will not be happening this year. Since 2016, Reconciliation Saskatoon has held a flag raising event at Saskatoon Civic Square to honour Residential School Survivors and raise awareness about truth and reconciliation in...
by Amber Bear | May 28, 2024 | Current News
An award-winning local author John Brady McDonald shares his winnings with the Stepping Stones Shelter in Prince Albert. John Brady McDonald is a Nêhiyawak-Métis writer and artist born in Prince Albert. He is a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and is the...
by Jenna Smith | May 28, 2024 | Current News
Today marks the second anniversary of the homicide of 32-year-old Lawrence Lavallee. On May 28, 2022, just after 5:30 in the morning, Prince Albert police responded to the 800 block of 11th Ave. East on reports that a man had been shot. On arrival, officers located...
by Joel Willick | May 27, 2024 | Current News
Last month, the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan made the decision to withdraw from Bill C-53. The beleaguered bill was a proposed self-governance treaty between Ottawa and Metis Nations in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario. When the MN-S announced the decision to withdraw...
by Amber Bear | May 24, 2024 | Current News
Leaders in Cumberland House have declared a state of emergency due to deplorable road conditions on Highway 123. Earlier this month, photographs on social media depicted what appeared to be hazardous conditions and in some cases unsafe for travel. Locals state this...
by Jenna Smith | May 24, 2024 | Current News
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that May 20–26 will be recognized as Treaties Recognition Week. Treaties Recognition Week aims to promote education surrounding treaty rights and relationships, reconciliation, and promoting open relationships between...
