by MBC News | Jul 19, 2024
(Photo credit: Tina Pelletier) Foran Mining Corporation’s McIlvenna Bay Project now has a dedicated space for Indigenous employees. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place yesterday for a new Indigenous culture and wellness room, with leaders from Peter Ballantyne Cree...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2024
By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Waka Recorder Back to Batoche is the largest outdoor celebration of Métis identity, culture, values, and language. Visiting, trading, and sharing food are time-honoured traditions of the Métis, and Back to...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2024
A coroner’s inquest will be held next month into the death of a woman who fell from a fifth-floor window in Regina. 31-year-old Nicole Lafontaine was staying at the YWCA in the city on July 22, 2023. Early that morning, authorities received a report that...
by Joel Willick | Jul 18, 2024
A high profile impaired driving trial in Saskatoon was back in court on Thursday. It was an emotional and tense day at court for the trial of Taylor Kennedy, who is charged with THC impaired driving in the 2021 death of 9-year-old Baileigh Maurice. The trial is...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2024
A Prince Albert family has received keys to their new home today thanks to a partnership between Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan, the City of Prince Albert, and the federal and provincial governments. Construction of a new 1,100 square bungalow in the city began in...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2024
Police in Prince Albert are investigating following a weapons complaint last night. Police were called to the 300 block of 9th Avenue East at roughly 10:20 p.m. on a report of gunfire. Police said when they arrived, there was evidence of gunshots being fired at a...
by Amber Bear | Jul 17, 2024
On a hot summer July day, Dave Rondeau took MBC on a tour of the Âsowanânihk/Maynard research project site where ancient tools and bison bones were found and dated to be over 9,200 years old. The North Saskatchewan River ice broke up a couple years back and it caused...
by Jenna Smith | Jul 17, 2024
(Photo credit: Alton Michel) A total of 25 youth aged 14–22 from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation communities have made it back safely after a 187 kilometre canoe trip. Rock Cree Language Council hosted the Following the Trails of Our Ancestors trip for the first time...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2024
By: NC Raine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Eagle Feather News The complexity of modern scientific terminology and the Cree language are sometimes at odds, but Vince Natomagan is aiming to find bridges of understanding between those two worlds. “I have to...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2024
La Ronge RCMP are investigating a shooting incident which injured one person. The incident happened shortly before 1am Monday morning. Officers were called to Bedford Drive at the intersection with Louis Road. Investigators say one person was taken to hospital with...
