by MBC News | Feb 27, 2023
Saskatchewan’s Chief Coroner is talking about the pair of inquests set to examine the violence at James Smith Cree Nation. Recently the Office of the Chief Coroner announced that due to the ongoing RCMP investigation the two inquests which will be looking at the...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2023
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan and the federal government have signed an updated Métis Nation–Saskatchewan Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement. The Agreement includes a new commitment to negotiate a constitutionally protected core governance treaty...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2023
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) has charged a third person in the death of Jeremy Starblanket. In a media release sent out Friday afternoon P.A. Police said 25-year-old Keyano Ahenakew of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation had been arrested and is facing a charge of...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2023
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is getting ready to host a two day conference in Prince Albert. The Know Your Status Conference (KYS) will be running from March 1 to 2 at the Prince Albert Inn. NITHA Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka said...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2023
Two Keeseekoose First Nations sisters will have to wait a little longer on their bail application, as Federal Justice Minister David Lametti reviews their 1994 second-degree murder convictions. Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance will have to wait until late March for a...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2023
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix Dozens of young two-spirit people have come to Saskatchewan this week — from near and far, representing communities all across the country — for the first national two-spirit youth conference,...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2023
By Roman Hayter A Nakoda language teacher in the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation has devised a new approach to educating her students. Theresa O’Watch, a teacher at the Nakoda Oyade Education Centre uses a puppet to teach her students Nakoda....
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2023
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) has charged a man from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation with first degree murder in an investigation dating back to March of 2021. In a media release sent out Thursday afternoon PAPS said 26-year-old Henry Ratt had been arrested and...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2023
Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme will be taking on a new role with an important committee. In a media release published Tuesday, The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) along with Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2023
The Federal Court has sided with Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Karen Bird, in that she was unfairly removed from her position last spring. The Court found that Council and the Elders Council decision for removal in May 2022 did not follow the First Nations...
