by MBC News | Dec 16, 2024 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s police watchdog is investigating after a 49-year-old man from White Bear First Nation died in a police cell. The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team says the man was arrested after another man and woman were found injured in a home in the...
by Joel Willick | Dec 16, 2024 | Current News
Last week, the City of Saskatoon released the results of a Point in Time homelessness count from October. The results were shocking, showing a drastic rise in numbers from two years prior. In 2022, a similar count found just under 600 people experiencing homelessness...
by Amber Bear, MBC News | Dec 13, 2024 | Current News
The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice announced the launch of the Healing Support Fund for survivors of forced, coerced, and imposed sterilization last month on November 27, 2024. The Healing Support Fund will be available for all eligible First Nation, Metis,...
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2024 | Current News
The inquest into Barry Fontaine has come to an end, and the five-person jury has put forward some recommendations to prevent similar deaths in the future. The inquest was expected to take place from December 9th to the 13th but was wrapped up by December 11th in...
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2024 | Current News
(Photo: submitted; Carol Ann and her family) Carol Ann Ballantyne and her family have been living in an RV for three winters now in the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation community of Pelican Narrows. Ballantyne spoke with MBC Radio News and stated that she applied for a...
by Joel Willick | Dec 13, 2024 | Current News
The Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is calling for immediate action to address homelessness in Saskatoon. A Point-in Time homelessness count was conducted in the city in October. The shocking results of that count were released on Thursday showing Saskatoon as...
by MBC News | Dec 12, 2024 | Current News
A new Cree language school in Saskatoon now has a new name. The St. Frances Cree bilingual school and program has been operating in the city since 2007, but never had a home school. An official school for the program is currently under construction and on Wednesday...
by MBC News | Dec 11, 2024 | Current News
Today was the sentencing hearing for the last two people involved in the death of a La Ronge woman. Sheena Billette was a 28-year-old teacher and a mother of four young children. Her body was found on the side of a northern road on December 23, 2019, and from that day...
by MBC News | Dec 11, 2024 | Current News
Flying Dust First Nation has re-elected their chief. In an election this past Friday, the membership of the First Nation voted to re-elect Tyson Bear to the leadership position. Bear will serve in the role on a four-year term. Joining Bear on the leadership team for...
by Jenna Smith | Dec 11, 2024 | Current News
(Photo credit: Microphotograph of nickel NanoFiche, Lunar Codex) A partnership between Lunar Codex, The Estate of Norval Morrisseau, and Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs is sending Indigenous music to the moon. Founder of Lunar Codex, Samuel Peralta is...
