by MBC News | Jan 27, 2025
SaskMusic is launching an Indigenous Music Series. The program is meant to help Indigenous singers, songwriters, and industry professionals advance their careers. The program will be offered in a hybrid format with both in-person and online workshops. “It’s going to...
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2025
Waterhen Lake First Nation held their election this past Friday. In the vote, the band members chose to re-elect Blaine Fiddler as the nation’s chief. The First Nation also chose 6 councilor positions. Filling out the council is Peter Bouvier, Jacqueline...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 24, 2025
(Photo: L-R: Kim Scruby, Executive Director of the Food Bank, Laura Uvery, Operational Manager of the Food Bank, Floyd Cook (PAGC Land Based Program), Vice Chief Joseph Tsannie, Vince Brittain (PAGC Education), Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte and Geoff Despins (PAGC Urban...
by MBC News | Jan 23, 2025
A Cree and Mohawk comedic performer has been chosen as the University of Saskatchewan’s next Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence. Beginning in February, Shawn Cuthand will spend a three-month tenure promoting Indigenous stories on the university campus. Cuthand...
by MBC News | Jan 23, 2025
(Photo: provided by RCMP) January 23, 2025, 10:10a.m. Saskatchewan RCMP’s Prince Albert Warrant Enforcement and Suppression Team (WEST) has located and arrested 29-year-old Glen Halkett, who escaped from Prince Albert Penitentiary on December 31, 2024. Mounties stated...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 22, 2025
(Photo: Daphie Pooyak) February is Indigenous Storytelling Month (previously Aboriginal Storytelling Month), and there will be several events happening across the province, both in-person and online. The Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples (LSSAP) has...
by Joel Willick | Jan 22, 2025
A high profile murder trial in Saskatoon took a surprising turn last week. Summer Sky-Henry and Cheyann Peeteetuce were on trial accused of the first-degree murder of Megan Gallagher. Gallagher was killed in the city in 2020, with a total of 9 people charged in...
by Joel Willick | Jan 21, 2025
In the wake of recent reports of scurvy cases in the north, a northern Saskatchewan MLA is reaching out to the federal government to intervene. Recent reports from a doctor treating northern patients in La Ronge, found 27 cases of scurvy, or Vitamin C deficiency,...
by MBC News | Jan 20, 2025
(Photo: provided by PAPS) The Prince Albert Police Service Crime Reduction Team has concluded a drug trafficking investigation with the assistance of the Emergency Response Team, Proactive Policing Unit, Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team, and Patrol members....
by Jenna Smith | Jan 17, 2025
(Photo credit: Bell Media) *Warning: the following content contains spoilers* The Virgo Queen has become the first Afro-Indigenous drag queen to win Canada’s Drag Race, taking home the $100,000 grand prize and the title of Canada’s next drag superstar. Virgo competed...
