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....
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2023
RCMP have arrested a third person in relation to the death of a man in La Ronge on Nov. 8. In a media release sent out Wednesday afternoon police said they arrested 35-year-old John McDonnell in La Ronge this past Tuesday. McDonnell, who is from Lac La Ronge Indian...
by MBC News | Nov 14, 2023
One of the candidates for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is talking about what he plans to do if elected. Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Vice Chief David Pratt released his 90 day entry plan Tuesday. The plan lays out a number...
by MBC News | Nov 14, 2023
By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder National Indigenous Veterans Day is a day observed in Canada recognizing Indigenous Veterans for their contributions to military service, particularly in the First and Second World Wars and the...
by MBC News | Nov 14, 2023
The Ile a la Crosse School Division Board of Education has received an award for innovation and excellence in education. The Premier’s Board of Education Award was given for the historic submission for the First Indigenous controlled Board of Education in Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Nov 14, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Diverging views on the proposed Métis self-governance legislation Bill C-53 prompted one member of Parliament with the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to ask why there is...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2023
A 29-year-old man from Montreal Lake Cree Nation has been charged with second-degree murder. RCMP say they responded to a call of an injured man at a home on the Cree nation early Sunday morning. 41-year-old Kevin Stewart would be declared dead at the scene when EMS...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2023
A new uranium project in north west Saskatchewan has received approval to move forward. NexGen’s Rook 1 project received Ministerial approval from the provincial government this past weekend under the Environmental Assessment Act of Saskatchewan. It is the first...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2023
A group of women in Pine Grove Correctional Centre are on hunger strike due to alleged poor living conditions at the jail. Faith Eagle said she initially began the strike on Oct. 31 as a ceremonial fast for an inmate in the Saskatoon Correctional Centre, who she says...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2023
A teen charged with first-degree murder of La Ronge resident Jennifer Hendry has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder. The teen, who cannot be identified, was to stand trial this week, but entered the plea in court Tuesday. According to media...
