by MBC News | Feb 7, 2019
The First Nations Power Authority is holding a “Renewable Energy 101” workshop in Ile-a-la-Crosse on Feb. 14 at Rossignol High School. Community members can attend the workshop to learn about different sources of renewable energy and how they can be implemented into...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2019
Every year the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists celebrates Archive Week during the first week of February. Communities such as Humboldt, La Ronge, Lloydminster, North Battleford and Prince Albert, as well as many other towns hold local events. This...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2019
The Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) is once again working to help give Indigenous youth a variety of career opportunities. The fifth annual Saskatoon Tribal Council Future Is Yours career fair is taking place at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon today. More than 1000...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves were looking to snap an eight-game losing streak, but ended up falling 3-2 at home to the Nipawin Hawks on Tuesday night. “I was pleased with the last half of the game, the first half, I thought we were flat,” said Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2019
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is hosting an event this week for both residential school survivors and those who have experienced the trauma of a loved who has gone missing or been murdered. The “A Sense of Belonging: Coming Home” workshop is taking place at the...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2019
It looks like if a statutory Indigenous holiday does happen this year it will be in the fall instead of summer. Northern Saskatchewan NDP MP Georgina Jolibois had put forward a private member’s bill to make National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 a federally...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2019
The Assembly of First Nations says it welcomes the tabling of the Indigenous Languages Act. “This is landmark legislation to protect and strengthen Indigenous languages, the original languages of these lands, that embrace our identity, our worldview and our...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2019
A northern Saskatchewan MP says the federal government needs to develop a national housing plan for Indigenous communities. In the House of Commons last week Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, MP Georgina Jolibois told lawmakers that in Hatchet Lake, as many as 20...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
It was a game the La Ronge Ice Wolves likely deserved to win, but they came up short 6-3 in Melfort on Friday night versus the Mustangs. “It was a pretty good game for us,” said Ice Wolves Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson. “I think for the most part, we battled...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
A 37-year-old man faces various charges after a more than 250-kilometre police pursuit of a vehicle in northern Saskatchewan on Wednesday. The chase began around 8:20 p.m. on Hwy 2, about 25 kilometres north of Waskesiu, and ended on Hwy 165, a few kilometres east of...
