by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
Three people have been charged after a drug bust on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation on Wednesday. During a search of a local residence, police seized a small amount of cocaine and five grams of methamphetamine. Officers also discovered weapons, a stolen vehicle and drug...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
An RCMP dive team has successfully recovered the bodies of two people from a plane at the bottom of Peter Pond Lake. The plane went down in 1959, killing the pilot and a conservation officer. The wreckage was discovered last July, yet recovery conditions were too...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
RCMP divers have recovered the remains of two people from the bottom of Peter Pond Lake. The Underwater Recovery Team arrived at the site earlier this week. On Wednesday, divers were able to reach the plane wreckage. It went down in the lake nearly 60 years ago,...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2019
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is putting a push on incorporating Indigenous language in public schools. Recently, representatives from the federation met with leaders all over Saskatchewan to determine the importance of language restoration. A press release...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves suffered their seventh straight setback Thursday at home when they dropped a 4-1 decision to the Notre Dame Hounds. “We were losing a lot of battles there, near the end — especially,” said Ice Wolves Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson. “There’s...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2019
The Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation says it will not be exploring the economic potentials of marijuana. “As a supporter of all articles of Treaty, we don’t in anyway support the use or sale of any intoxicating substance on our lands,” says a letter from Okimahkan...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2019
It was a very healthy 2018 fiscal year for the La Ronge Ice Wolves. Documents revealed recently show the team only lost $299. Lynnette Merriman serves on the board of directors for the hockey club and is the team’s treasurer. She attributes the strong financial...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2019
Saskatoon’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park has a new CEO. Wanuskewin has announced Darlene Brander will be taking over as the park’s top executive officer effective Mar. 4. In a sense, Brander is coming back home. She worked as an Aboriginal awareness coordinator at the...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2019
Citizens of Cumberland Spruce Island (formally the John Cochrane Band) recently discovered the disturbing legacy of who their Nation is named after. Prince William, Duke of Cumberland was nicknamed, ‘the butcher’ after killing hundreds of Scottish people in the...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2019
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is mourning the loss of one of its oldest elders. Believed to be 102-years-old, Sarah Bear passed away on Monday at a Prince Albert hospital due to complications of old age. The community is now remembering her for the lessons of culture...
