by Joel Willick | Jul 25, 2022
Faculty members and students applying for scholarships at the University of Saskatchewan will now require documentation to prove their Indigenous identity. The university announced they are introducing the new policy in the fall with the approved documentation to be...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2022
Saskatoon Police have announced they will be doing a search of the South Saskatchewan River in relation to the disappearance of Dawn Walker and her seven year old son Vincent Jansen. In an update provided late Monday morning police said they found a Ford F-150 pickup...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2022
Clay Whitney describes himself as a ‘greenhouse curator’ – treating the building and the plants inside as a living, interactive museum. Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2022
The Metis of Saskatchewan now control lands connected to the Batoche National Historic Site. Parks Canada transferred 690 hectares of land to the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan Friday, as the Metis were celebrating “Back to Batoche” festivities. “These lands...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2022
By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Métis Nation citizens and guests are holding their annual festival in person at Batoche. Back to Batoche Days, which runs from...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2022
The provincial opposition critic for Truth and Reconciliation is speaking out in support of Colby Tootoosis. Betty Nippi-Albright said speaking as a mother and a grandmother she was appalled at the assault on the 40 year old man from Poundmaker Cree Nation, who was...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2022
RCMP says it is investigating a suspicious death in La Ronge. Mounties received a report of an assault at a home on Jack Bell Place in Bell’s Point early Thursday morning. Officers would locate an injured 24-year-old man who was transported to hospital, where he later...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2022
Battleford RCMP have charged one man with assault after a man was attacked while dropping of a trailer at a home in the town this past weekend. In a media release RCMP said 46-year-old Adam Lesmeister of Battleford was arrested on Tuesday and charged with one count of...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2022
Police in Prince Albert have made an arrest in a 13-month homicide. Officers said they have arrested a man from Muskoday Wednesday in connection to the death of Drexlyr Whitehead. The unidentified man will appear in court Thursday, charged with accessory after the...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2022
The Town of La Ronge is in search of a new Mayor. Colin Ratushniak announced Tuesday evening he resigned his position on Council and will be leaving that northern community in early August for new employment. “Professionally, I’m so happy but personally, it is...
