by MBC News | Sep 28, 2023 | Current News
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) has taken one step in helping to solve the teacher shortage in northeast Saskatchewan. The First Nation has partnered with the Northern Lights School Division and the University of Saskatchewan to create a Cree Teacher Education...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2023 | Current News
By: Nicole Goldsworthy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SASKTODAY.ca A new agreement between the federal government and the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation will compensate the nation for the agricultural equipment it was promised but didn’t receive. Treaty 4,...
by MBC News | Sep 26, 2023 | Current News
La Ronge RCMP say they are searching for a missing woman and her daugher. RCMP say they received a missing person’s report on Monday about 27-year-old Kylie Linklater and her three-year-old daughter, Kassidy Linklater. Kylie and Kassidy has planned to travel to...
by MBC News | Sep 26, 2023 | Current News
Schools in Deschambault Lake were put on lockdown this morning as RCMP investigated a possible discharge of a firearm. Mounties say shortly before noon, officers received a report of bear mace being deployed at a home in that community and that a firearm may be...
by MBC News | Sep 26, 2023 | Current News
A new school has opened in Blaine Lake. Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 walked into their new school earlier this month. “This is a very exciting day and I know this is more than just a building, it’s a state-of-the art hub for students, teachers, staff and the...
by MBC News | Sep 26, 2023 | Current News
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan said while it supports the intent of federal legislation to establish a national committee on reconciliation, it cannot support the Bill in its current form. Bill C-29, would create an Indigenous-led council for reconciliation, to provide...
by MBC News | Sep 25, 2023 | Current News
As Heather Bear seeks re-election for fourth Vice-Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, she said First Nations and its People are at a critical period. Bear, who has been with the FSIN for nine years explained that political and social issues are...
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2023 | Current News
A former councillor with the Waheton Dakota First Nation is seeking election for fourth Vice-Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN). Curtis Standing is contesting two others, as the FSIN conducts Executive elections for two positions....
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2023 | Current News
FNUC President Jacqueline Ottmann speaks at the Coronet Hotel in Prince Albert on Sept. 21, 2023. Jayda Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter By: Jayda Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald Prince Albert’s new First Nations...
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2023 | Current News
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News (ANNews) – As Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) members announce that Andrea Sandmaier has been elected president in their first election under the Otipemisiwak self-governance framework, First...
