by MBC News | Jul 18, 2017
Headman Milton Tootoosis with Chief Poundmaker’s artifacts. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. It has taken 132 years, but a rifle and war club belonging to Chief Poundmaker have arrived on his home reserve near Cut Knife and officially go on public display Tuesday...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017
A previous Woodland Cree Gathering. Photo courtesy La Ronge & Area Rez News, Facebook. Stanley Mission is busy this week, getting ready for the Amachewespimawin Woodland Cree Gathering. The annual event starts on Tuesday and ends Thursday, with everything taking...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017
Dr. Ivar Mendez met with Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott earlier this year to talk about robotic technology. Photo courtesy @janephilpott, Twitter. An expert in remote healthcare says a new robotic machine is a gamechanger for northern Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017
The Indigenous youth science camp at the First Nations University, Regina. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. First Nations and Inuit students, many from isolated areas across Canada, are in Regina this week to take part in a national science camp. It’s the first time it is...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017
Some of the damaged power lines in the Lac la Ronge region on Sunday night. Photo courtesy La Ronge & Area Rez News, Facebook. Repair crews from SaskPower have been kept busy with repairs today following Sunday’s severe thunderstorms which caused damage in...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017
Image courtesy Wikipedia. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says a lack of environmental protection is leaving Crown land lessees vulnerable. Chief Bobby Cameron says there is a lack of environmental standards on former federal pasture lands the province...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017
Family and friends of Team Saskatchewan athletes sign a banner for good luck at a pep rally in Whitecap. A pep rally for over 500 athletes, coaches and support staff for Team Saskatchewan took place at Whitecap Dakota First Nation this afternoon. They will head to...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017
Photo courtesy of policecanada.ca A treaty status Indian has had his acquittal on illegal hunting charges overturned by a Court of Queen’s Bench judge in Swift Current. On September 30, Kristjen Pierone, shot a bull moose on a piece of property near Swift Current. At...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017
Jared Charles. Photo courtesy Prince Albert Police. Prosecution has upgraded one of the most serious charges against child abduction suspect Jared John Charles from sexual assault to aggravated sexual assault. Charles, 19, was arrested last week in relation to Prince...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017
Southend. Photo courtesy of peterballantyne.ca A sunken aluminum boat in Reindeer Lake in northeast Saskatchewan is believed to belong to a Southend man who disappeared without a trace 35 years ago. Simeon Bear, who was 26 at the time, was on a short trip on the lake...
