by MBC News | Feb 8, 2024
Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating a suspicious death. In a media release sent out Thursday afternoon RCMP said officers from their Battleford detachment were called to the Red Pheasant Cree Nation after human remains were found outside a home. Police said a search...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2024
A law that would recognize self-governance for Métis people in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Alberta is one step closer to becoming reality. A process that began over three months ago, concluded Monday with the advancement of Bill C-53, which now returns to the...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2024
Ice roads in Northern Saskatchewan are finally open. An unusually warm start to the winter delayed roadwork on the Wollaston Lake and Stony Rapids to Fond du Lac ice road. “Ice roads connect the north to the rest of the province, so people can travel for work,...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2024
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Legislation may be the only way to ensure that a possible change in the federal government in the next election does not see the Métis National Council (MNC) lose ground. In 2017, member Nations...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2024
RCMP say a man is facing a murder charge, following a serious assault in Deschambault Lake. Mounties responded to a call just before 11 AM Friday morning to find Johnathan Custer injured outside a home in that community. He was taken to the local health clinic where...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2024
A woman and her dog were saved after her vehicle fell through the ice on Lac La Ronge. RCMP responded to a remote location on the Lake at approximately 4PM Friday afternoon. The woman was sitting on the roof of her half-submerged vehicle with her dog. With the help of...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2024
A second-round of rotating teachers strikes will take place Wednesday in Northern Saskatchewan. The Creighton School Division and the Northern Lights School Division will be without classes on Feb 7, as the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation gave its 48-hour strike...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2024
RCMP Major Crimes is investigating a death on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. Police said they were called Thursday afternoon about an injured man at a home in the community. When they arrived RCMP said they found an injured 32-year-old man who was pronounced dead by...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2024
The member of parliament for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River has resigned from his role in the opposition shadow cabinet. In a letter posted to his X account Friday, Gary Vidal said he had made the decision to resign as his party’s shadow minister for...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2024
An investigation is now underway after a death at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre. In a media release sent out Friday afternoon the Ministry of Corrections said a 24-year-old woman died Thursday at Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert. The province said the inmate...
