by MBC News | Nov 30, 2022 | Current News
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Marie Wilson remembers the beginning of the Truth and Reconciliation commission’s work, more than a decade ago. “We had to get going quickly, because survivors were — rightly — losing hope that anything was ever...
by Michael Joel-Hansen | Nov 30, 2022 | Current News
The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB) recently wrapped up some meetings in Prince Albert. The board met for three days and discussed a number of issues concerning the two caribou herds. Earl Evans the board’s current chair told MBC Radio...
by MBC News | Nov 29, 2022 | Current News
By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation where more than 700 unmarked graves were found near a former residential school says there is an “amazing opportunity” to work towards reconciliation, now...
by MBC News | Nov 29, 2022 | Current News
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Piwapan Wellness Centre is a busy, bustling place. With dozens of programs and services spread across three buildings in La Ronge, staff and clients are working to break cycles of harm and violence in...
by Joel Willick | Nov 28, 2022 | Current News
Three months after 11 people were killed and 18 others injured in a stabbing rampage on James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Cree Nation. On Monday, the Prime Minister spent the day paying respects to the victims, along with...
by Michael Joel-Hansen | Nov 25, 2022 | Current News
Prince Albert is now being served by a van providing harm reduction services. Media were invited to come see the van, which has now been in service for around two months, late Friday morning. A number of dignitaries from the provincial government were on hand for the...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2022 | Current News
By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The national vice-chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples says he is confident the media will be allowed in to cover the bail hearing of a pair of Indigenous sisters seeking exoneration for a 1994 murder...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2022 | Current News
A man is in hospital with serious injuries after an alleged shooting in Meadow Lake early Thursday morning. RCMP say the man was walking in the community on 3 Street West shortly after 1am when a black four-door car pulled up to him and an occupant of the vehicle shot...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2022 | Current News
By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Bryan Trottier has added to his lengthy list of accomplishments. Trottier, who has Métis, Cree and Chippewa ancestry, is a seven-time Stanley Cup champion. He was chosen as the National Hockey...
by Michael Joel-Hansen | Nov 24, 2022 | Current News
Work is underway to make sure no one goes with out a Christmas Dinner this coming holiday season. The 2022 Community Christmas Dinner is set to go on Christmas Day in Prince Albert at Ecole St. Mary High School. The community meal has been a regular event in the city...
