By: Kimiya Shokoohi, The StarPhoenix Only once or twice in the past two decades has the magnitude of wildfires in Saskatchewan compared to the 2023 season, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency’s vice-president of operations says. The SPSA has responded to 493 fires this...
A community in northern Saskatchewan is declaring a state of emergency due to a lack of water. In a media release sent out Thursday the Northern Village of Cumberland House along with Cumberland House Cree Nation and Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) said the...
RCMP says it is investigating a suspicious death in a rural area of the Poundmaker Cree Nation. On Tuesday afternoon, RCMP received a report of a deceased man, later identified as Lee Bearsears of the Little Pine First Nation. Police say it will examine the...
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Cadmus Delorme has been tasked with bringing the “worldviews” of the Canadian government and Indigenous survivors together when it comes to identifying and acquiring all relevant records for...
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) has declared a state of emergency. In a media release sent out Tuesday the First Nation said the declaration was prompted by the killing a 17-year-old youth in Deschambault Lake. A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in...
RCMP have charged two people in relation to a dangerous person alert issued last week at Montreal Lake Cree Nation. Police said they were called to the First Nation this past Thursday after a gun was fired outside a home. When officers got to the scene they found a...
Two people are facing charges in a 16-month old homicide on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say Tristen Naytowhow was arrested in Prince Albert Monday, charged with second degree-murder in the death of Chad Bird on June 7, 2022. Naytowhow will appear in court...
Ya’ thi Néné Lands and Resources (YNLR) has signed an agreement with another exploration company. The not for profit organization, which represents Hatchet Lake, Black Lake and Fond-du-Lac Denesuline First Nations along with the northern communities of Stony Rapids,...
****UPDATE- 6pm Oct. 13, 2023**** As a result of ongoing investigation, Justice Bird, the subject of a dangerous person alert in the Montreal Lake Cree Nation area, was located and arrested by police today at a residence north of Montreal Lake. The investigation is...
RCMP have arrested and charged a man with second degree murder in relation to an Oct. 1 incident in Deschambault Lake. Police said on Oct. 10 they arrested 27-year-old Tristan Custer in Prince Albert. Custer is charged with second degree murder and is set to appear in...
