by MBC News | Jan 12, 2023
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Justice continues to maintain that the Saskatchewan First Act isn’t a violation of duty to consult with First Nations and would hold up if legally challenged. Minister Bronwyn Eyre spoke with reporters following a Chamber of...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2023
The First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) is welcoming a recent decision by Prince Albert City Council. At a council meeting Monday afternoon Councillors voted unanimously to transfer five acres of land to FNUC for one dollar, which the university is planning to...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2023
For up to 50 years, the NorSask sawmill near Meadow Lake has been burning its wood waste, but now the new bioenergy facility aims to create a cleaner and more efficient way of getting rid of the waste without creating carbon emissions. Meadow Lake Tribal Council Vice...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2023
A judge has awarded compensation to a former employee of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations who was dismissed in 2016. In a decision from last week, a Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench Judge found Danette Starblanket was “constructively dismissed...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2023
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division school board will begin meetings representatives from nearby First Nations later this year. The board already meets with local rural municipalities, and education...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2023
Update: The Prince Albert Police Service has confirmed Dwight Whitehead was found found deceased. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is asking for the public to be on the lookout for a missing man. FSIN said Dwight Whitehead is 32 years-old and was...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2023
Bruce Sinclair has been named the third USask Storyteller-in-Residence. (Photo by Brittany Carmichael.) By: Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter University of Saskatchewan (USask) Métis drama professor Bruce Sinclair has been named the University...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Almost 50 years after her first experience with a dentist, Lisa Crooked Neck remains traumatized. “I must have been six or seven,” she recalled of her first encounter with a “very mean and very...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2023
The City of Prince Albert is supporting the First Nations University of Canada’s (FNUC) efforts to build a new campus in the city. At a City Council meeting Monday afternoon Councillors voted unanimously to transfer five acres of land, which is near the Alfred...
by MBC News | Jan 6, 2023
By Roman Hayter: Northlands College has rolled out its new organizational structure for 2023 that focuses on learning and access. The new organizational structure, deemed the “2023 Year of Transformation,” was informed by recommendations from the college’s...
