by MBC News | Mar 31, 2023 | Current News
Joyce McLeod will be serving another term as chief of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. A statement posted on the election officer’s website confirmed McLeod’s re-election. McLeod was challenged by two candidates for the chief’s office in Conrad Bird...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2023 | Current News
“It was hurtful,” said Sara Carriere-Burns on being told by staff at the Prince Albert Brewing Company to either cover-up her facial tattoo or leave the restaurant. She was there last weekend, enjoying a diet-coke when she was approached by staff. Knowing that...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2023 | Current News
By Roman Hayter A new fundraiser is trying to raise money for the creation of a plaque honouring those who died due to the influenza pandemic or the Spanish Flu of 1918–1920. The fundraiser was created by Solomon Ratt and Teron Roberts, whose goal is to raise up to...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2023 | Current News
Young people from all across the north have been in Prince Albert this week for a gathering. The Our Legacy Youth Gathering is a multi day event which includes a number of different activities. On Thursday at Plaza 88 attendees got the chance to hear from a range of...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2023 | Current News
A pilot project that aims to develop the tools for communities to reconcile their Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens is taking place in Humboldt. The pilot project, “Relationship Building and Reconciliation through Living Heritage,” is being done by the...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2023 | Current News
The Vatican has rejected the Doctrine of Discovery a year after Pope Francis met with Indigenous groups from Canada and delivered his first apology for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. A statement from the Vatican says the papal bulls, or...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2023 | Current News
Odelia Quewezance A pair of Indigenous sisters who have spent 30 years behind bars for a murder that someone else confessed to are finally free after they were released on bail Monday in Saskatchewan.The government needs to ensure such a miscarriage of justice is...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2023 | Current News
A conference in Cumberland House is looking to educate people about the environmental benefits of controlled fire burns. This week the We are Fire Wildland Fire Conference is being put on by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) along with the Muskrats to Moose...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2023 | Current News
(Photo supplied.) Regina Police are warning that a registered sex offender will be residing in that city as of Thursday. Louis Ted Mercredi is expected to live in the Heritage neighbourhood of Regina, in a residence that provides supervision and monitoring of his...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2023 | Current News
By Roman Hayter The event, which first began in 2018, focuses on volunteers taking a cold plunge into Pinehouse Lake to support a number of different charitable causes. Martine Smith, the event’s organizer, said that in the beginning, the money raised from the...
