by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
Several Indigenous leaders are supporting recommendations from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority in an attempt to curb rising COVID-19 cases in northern First Nations. NITHA is strongly recommending that masking for all indoor public spaces be re-introduced...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
The City of Saskatoon is currently looking at forming a support network to help Indigenous matriarchal figures in the community. A recent report on missing Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people in the city recommended the formation of the Office of the...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
The Grandmother’s Bay General Store is thriving after being in major debt only a few years ago. Lac La Ronge Indian Band councillor Gerald McKenzie said when he was first elected in 2017, the store’s shelves were barely stocked and it wasn’t bringing in enough money...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of a possible Covid-19 exposure at a restaurant in Prince Albert. The SHA says anyone who attended Smitty’s restaurant in the city from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm during the week of August 30th to September 5th may have been...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
Prince Albert police have issued an arrest warrant for a 30-year-old woman. Justine Sewap is wanted on charges of assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, failure to comply with release conditions and breach of probation. She is described as 5’ 2” tall and...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
A 25-year-old man from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation is dead after a collision west of Prince Albert this weekend. RCMP says the incident happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 3 near Crutwell when a car collided with a truck towing a boat. The 25-year-old, from Muskeg...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
The Premier is strongly condemning the actions of two individuals removing a monument established in honour of the unmarked graves and burials at residential schools in Saskatchewan and across Canada. In the video, recorded by the Regina Leader-Post, a man and a woman...
by Joel Willick | Sep 13, 2021
A former northern Saskatchewan MP is throwing her support behind this year’s NDP hopeful. Georgina Jolibois believes Harmonie King will give a “strong voice” to communities in the north. “People in Denesthé-Missinippi-Churchill River, have been missing real...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
World Suicide Prevention Day was Sept. 10 and a local initiative was sure to create awareness for this day. The Embracing Life Initiative began in 2012 to try and cultivate resources for northern people who have been impacted by suicide. They have created a bank of...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2021
A group called Walking with Our Angels walked from La Ronge to Regina a year ago to raise awareness of high suicide rates in northern Saskatchewan. The group consisted of Christopher Merasty, Myles Cook and Tristen Durocher. Durocher also fasted for 44 days in front...
