by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
A 55-year-old man faces a number of charges after a house fire on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation early Monday morning. Police say the three occupants of the home were not injured and an investigation determined the fire had been deliberately set. Scott Bird of the...
by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
A group of researchers and patient advocates from the University of Saskatchewan recently published a population-based study on First Nations people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The research was meant to advocate for First Nations people who are...
by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
RCMP says it has charged a woman in the death of a Big River First Nation man from early 2020. Police determined that Richard Netmaker had been abducted from his home and was last seen in an isolated area northwest of the First Nation on January 6. Mounties would...
by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
The Chief of the Clearwater River Dene Nation is encouraging members to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as the virus spreads through the community. Chief Teddy Clark said approximately 28 percent of the eligible population has at least one dose, while about 14...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2021
The Sask. Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence for one of three people in the beating death of La Ronge restaurateur Simon Grant. The court said that an adult sentence of nine-years for manslaughter given to the offender who was 17 at the time of the killing, is...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2021
RCMP say three individuals face a number of charges after a police vehicle stop in North Battleford Thursday afternoon. Police stopped and searched a vehicle they believed to be stolen in the 900 block of 109th Street. There they found two illegally modified firearms,...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2021
Provincial conservation officers are investigating after someone pushed gravel into a creek between Creighton and Denare Beach. Inspector Troy Hilts with the Saskatchewan Conservation Officer Service explained heavy equipment was likely used to push the gravel into...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2021
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is lashing out at the Catholic Church of Canada after leaked court documents show millions of dollars intended for residential school survivors was diverted to internal uses. The documents were leaked to CBC News. They...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2021
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous enrolment increased slightly at the University of Saskatchewan during the 2020/2021 school year. From May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021, the number of First Nations and Métis students enrolled at the university increased by...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2021
The Saskatchewan RCMP says it is investigating a death that may have occurred at the Timber Bay Children’s Home almost half a century ago. Mounties say a complaint about the alleged incident, which is said to have happened in 1974, first came forward in October of...
