by MBC News | Nov 27, 2023
A man is facing 19 charges stemming from an incident in La Loche early Sunday morning. Mounties allege that Tremaine Dacres forcibly held two women against their will at a home there. Authorities say he was armed with a firearm. One woman was able to flee. Dacres...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2023
The La Ronge woman charged with second-degree murder will appear in provincial court Monday morning. Mary Bird is accused in the Saturday death of Wilfred Ballantyne at a home in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band community of Kitsaki. RCMP responded to a home there early...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2023
RCMP are investigating an early Friday morning shooting on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. At approximately 5:30 AM police responded to a report of an injured woman. Mounties say an altercation between two people took place, with a firearm being discharged. The woman...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2023
Two adults and a youth are facing drugs and weapons charges following a raid of a home in Sucker River Tuesday. Police seized a loaded handgun, a quantity of ammunition and approximately 172 grams of crack cocaine. Officers also allege they located a child in the home...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Well before the official call came for nominations to run for the position of national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), David Pratt offered up his name. “I was so quick out of the...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2023
UPDATE 11/22 2:16 PM The Government of Saskatchewan announced today it is updating its approach to Per Capita Distribution payments for First Nations members receiving income assistance. “Our government remains committed to the ongoing journey of...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com “Unfinished business” is one reason why Reginald Bellerose decided to take another run at the position of national chief for the Assembly of First Nations, having conceded following the fifth...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2023
The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety is providing $3.04 million to the City of Prince Albert through the Municipal Police Grants program, which will support 23 existing police service positions in the community. Saskatchewan Government Insurance is...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2023
1116 News Cree Language – Mary Jane Felix and Elizabeth Felix run the Four Spirits Plains Cree Language Training booth during the Braiding Knowledge for a Clean Future conference at Prairieland Park. (Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix) By: Kimiya Shokoohi,...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Candidates vying to become the next national chief for the Assembly of First Nations expect it to be a tight race, but will it go to the five ballots it took in 2021? Voting takes place Dec. 6....
