by MBC News | Oct 17, 2023
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) has declared a state of emergency. In a media release sent out Tuesday the First Nation said the declaration was prompted by the killing a 17-year-old youth in Deschambault Lake. A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2023
RCMP have charged two people in relation to a dangerous person alert issued last week at Montreal Lake Cree Nation. Police said they were called to the First Nation this past Thursday after a gun was fired outside a home. When officers got to the scene they found a...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2023
Two people are facing charges in a 16-month old homicide on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say Tristen Naytowhow was arrested in Prince Albert Monday, charged with second degree-murder in the death of Chad Bird on June 7, 2022. Naytowhow will appear in court...
by bryanorthner | Oct 17, 2023
The first Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards are set to go next month in Prince Albert. The awards show is being put on by the Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Association. The association’s president Donny Parenteau told MBC Radio News, the upcoming event in...
by bryanorthner | Oct 16, 2023
Despite a looming court battle with First Nations, the province is moving ahead with regulations on Saskatchewan First Act. The government through an Order in Council (OIC) quietly brought the legislation, passed in March into force on September 15. In a separate OIC...
by Joel Willick | Oct 16, 2023
43-year-old Shane Cantre died at the Regional Psychiatric Centre on July 16, 2021. Cantre was found unresponsive in his cell and life-saving methods by RPC staff and EMS who arrived on scene were unsuccessful. He would be declared dead at the scene by EMS Personel. An...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2023
Ya’ thi Néné Lands and Resources (YNLR) has signed an agreement with another exploration company. The not for profit organization, which represents Hatchet Lake, Black Lake and Fond-du-Lac Denesuline First Nations along with the northern communities of Stony Rapids,...
by Jenna Smith | Oct 16, 2023
The Indian Residential School Department along with Health Services of Lac la Ronge Indian Band are hosting a Community Cultural Gathering. The goal of the gathering is to bring residential school survivors, elders, and families together to strengthen the community. A...
by bryanorthner | Oct 16, 2023
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is encouraging people in the north to keep their vaccines up to date. The northern health authority is now offering both seasonal flu shots and COVID-19 immunizations to people in their communities. NITHA Medical...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2023
****UPDATE- 6pm Oct. 13, 2023**** As a result of ongoing investigation, Justice Bird, the subject of a dangerous person alert in the Montreal Lake Cree Nation area, was located and arrested by police today at a residence north of Montreal Lake. The investigation is...
