by MBC News | Jun 28, 2021
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix A northern Saskatchewan mine that was abandoned decades ago has inched closer toward cleanup. The provincial government has tapped SNC-Lavalin to draft a plan for the idle mine near Creighton in...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2021
The results of the Clearwater River Dene Nation election are in. Electoral Officer Gordon Alger told MBC Teddy Clark won the race for chief, receiving 544 votes. Clark finished ahead of Jim Lemaigre, the only other person in the race, who finished with 437 votes. Five...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2021
A new food resource has launched in Turnor Lake and Birch Narrows. The Community Food Centre, the first in northern Saskatchewan teaches people how to grow, prepare and cook food. “We are teaching many cultural aspects in our community. We are bringing the culture...
by Dan Jones | Jun 24, 2021
(Screenshot of the search site for unmarked graves at Marieval residential school.) It is considered one of the largest unmarked burials at a Canadian residential school, as the Cowessess First Nation says ground-penetrating radar has detected 751 unmarked graves at...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2021
A member of the Prince Albert Police Service is facing criminal charges after an incident this past April. Constable Darcy Bear, who according to police is a 16 year member of the service, is charged with unlawfully being in a dwelling house. Police said the charges...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2021
RCMP say a 26-year-old woman from the Mistawasis First Nation and two teens have been charged after an armed robbery in the Rural Municipality of Shellbrook on Saturday. Police say four suspects entered the property in the early morning hours making off with firearms,...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2021
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered on the site of a former residential school in southeast Saskatchewan. The organization says the unmarked graves are on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2021
Health care providers in northern Saskatchewan are working to provide mental health supports to those who may be in need. With the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools in Canada supporting survivors and those dealing with inter-generational...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2021
Prince Albert police have released the name of a man who died on Sunday afternoon as the result of a gunshot wound. Police were called to a residence in the 1900 block of 14th Street West around 2 p.m. after receiving a weapons complaint. There they found 23-year-old...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2021
The federal government is earmarking $4.88 million, a portion of $27 million already existing to support research and exploration of unmarked graves, burials and undocumented deaths at Saskatchewan residential schools. “We’re going to take the funding, and...
