by Amber Bear | Jul 15, 2024 | Current News
The organization OSI-CAN has added Indigenous Land-Based Healing to the supports and programs it provides. The new program is in its first phase, and they are providing sweat ceremonies that are facilitated by Indigenous Knowledge Keepers. “We were able to get a grant...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2024 | Current News
(Wildfire Photo by MBC) Updated July 12, 2024 1:50 p.m. A warning is being sent out to residents in the Creighton and Denare Beach area to prepare for evacuation. The fire known as the Wilson fire, was started by a lightning strike and has grown to around 330...
by MBC News, Jenna Smith | Jul 12, 2024 | Current News
(Photo: Highway 956-Ministry of Highways) Today in La Loche, the government of Saskatchewan announced that the all-weather road connecting La Loche to Fort McMurray is nearing completion. The final stretch of Highway 956 near Garson Lake heading to the Alberta border...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2024 | Current News
By Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Nykera Brown was found dead in a home on Avenue P South on Nov. 15, 2022. At the time of her death, she had been living in Saskatoon for about six months. Before that, she lived in Wakaw. Nykera Brown was 20 years...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2024 | Current News
The RCMP is investigating the impersonation of police officers at a traffic stop on Onion Lake Cree Nation this week. Mounties say, three individuals wearing balaclavas pulled a vehicle over using a black SUV with red and blue lights. RCMP say the individuals demanded...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2024 | Current News
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Major Crimes unit is investigating a death on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation they are calling suspicious. RCMP say they received a call of an injured female at a home on the Cree Nation early Thursday morning. The woman would be pronounced dead on...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2024 | Current News
The Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made an announcement today that the AFN and federal government have finalized a deal on a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal complaint on discrimination in the First Nations Child and Family Services...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2024 | Current News
A fire ban has been issued for all crown lands, provincial parks, recreation areas, and the Northern Saskatchewan Administrative District due to hot, dry conditions in the province, effective at noon on July 11, 2024. The ban, which covers any open fires, controlled...
by Joel Willick | Jul 11, 2024 | Current News
Homelessness happens across the province, not just in urban centres. That’s why the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is planning a Point-in-Time homelessness count this October they hope will reach more communities in the province. In previous years, PiT homelessness...
by Jenna Smith | Jul 10, 2024 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has released its annual report and financial results for the 2023–24 year. The results were record-breaking, with the organization pulling in over $346.6 million in gross revenue and a net income of $138.8 million. Previous...
