By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Diverging views on the proposed Métis self-governance legislation Bill C-53 prompted one member of Parliament with the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to ask why there is...
A 29-year-old man from Montreal Lake Cree Nation has been charged with second-degree murder. RCMP say they responded to a call of an injured man at a home on the Cree nation early Sunday morning. 41-year-old Kevin Stewart would be declared dead at the scene when EMS...
A new uranium project in north west Saskatchewan has received approval to move forward. NexGen’s Rook 1 project received Ministerial approval from the provincial government this past weekend under the Environmental Assessment Act of Saskatchewan. It is the first...
A group of women in Pine Grove Correctional Centre are on hunger strike due to alleged poor living conditions at the jail. Faith Eagle said she initially began the strike on Oct. 31 as a ceremonial fast for an inmate in the Saskatoon Correctional Centre, who she says...
A teen charged with first-degree murder of La Ronge resident Jennifer Hendry has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder. The teen, who cannot be identified, was to stand trial this week, but entered the plea in court Tuesday. According to media...
By: Kimiya Shokoohi, The StarPhoenix For Shirley Henderson, some of the most meaningful moments around Remembrance Day happen away from the big crowds and events. Those intimate moments offer connections for some Indigenous veterans who have contributed to Canadian...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is joining with the family Aaron Brent Gamble in calling for members of the public to come forward with information. Gamble was found dead in Saskatoon in March of this year in 2300 block of 17th Street West. His...
(Photo of the Lebret Industrial School) By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com WARNING: Disturbing content The Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples may have been shocked two weeks ago when witnesses told them about the...
Four days after admitting to forgery charges, abduction and breaching a custody order, Dawn Walker has had her charges in the United States dropped. The Canadian Press reports, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has asked a court in Oregon to dismiss two charges against...
Every person accused of the murder of Megan Gallagher will see their matter head to trial. Two preliminary hearings were scheduled in the coming weeks for Summer Sky-Henry and Cheyann Peeteetuce, both of whom are charged with first-degree murder. Sky-Henry’s...
