by MBC News | Feb 2, 2024
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Deloitte Canada wants to shift its relationship with Indigenous Nations from its present auditing and trust fund dealings to a holistic approach that will support Indigenous governments to claim...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2024
Nine inmates are facing charges following a fight at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, which left one inmate dead and another seriously injured. George Custer, Tyrel Munroe, Dominick Cochrane, Jonathan Soosay, Wyatt Crookedneck, and Rene Merasty are each charged with one...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2024
PCL Construction Management Inc. will be taking on the design and construction of a new acute care tower on the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert. The new acute care tower will be located on the north side of the existing facility and feature many new upgrades. The...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2024
Screenshot of Brandi Morin Journalism advocacy and human rights groups are calling for the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) to immediately drop charges against a Cree and Iroquois reporter who was arrested while covering an encampment raid earlier this month. The...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2024
Northern Indigenous leaders are expressing concern about the increased potential for an extreme wildfire situation and are calling on residents to exercise caution, while enhancing protective measures. The Prince Albert Grand Council’s Wildfire Task Force recently met...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024
The Ya’thi Néné Lands and Resources Office and Appia are entering into a cooperation agreement related to exploration activities in northern Saskatchewan. The cooperation agreement encompasses provisions related to harvest compensation, contributions to YNLR’s...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024
A woman from La Ronge is $1 million richer after winning on a VLT earlier this week. Mary Cassie of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band was playing Vault Breaker at Eddie’s Place on Monday when she won the grand jackpot. “I sat at the VLT machine as my husband played pool. I...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024
By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder In the summer of 2023, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan purchased two adjacent river lots that had been advertised for sale in the Rural Municipality of Fish Creek just north of the junction of...
by MBC News | Jan 24, 2024
Michael Oleksyn/Daily Herald A t-shirt making station was one of the features of the Family Kinship Fair at the PAGC Urban Services Centre on Saturday. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A group of SIIT students took over the PAGC Urban Services...
by MBC News | Jan 19, 2024
A La Ronge woman is facing a manslaughter charge, following a hit-and-run death in September 2021. RCMP allege that Christine Charles struck a 22-year-old man on Frances Roberts Street. The victim from Sucker River later died in hospital. Charles was also charged with...
