by MBC News | May 5, 2022
The northern forest fire season could be above normal. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency said the snow melt for much of the region has been delayed largely due to cooler temperatures. However, flooding in the north is not expected. Jeanette Krayetski, Manager of...
by MBC News | May 5, 2022
As First Nations mark Red Dress Day, a day to raise awareness for missing an murdered Indigenous women and girls, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations has updated and launched a new declaration to assert more protections for all forms of violence faced by...
by MBC News | May 5, 2022
By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix BATTLEFORD — Generations after a leadership staff was taken from Chief Poundmaker, the historic artifact that belonged to one of the great Indigenous leaders of the 19th century has been...
by MBC News | May 5, 2022
The College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan has hired its first vice-dean Indigenous Health; a position created to bring Indigenous health issues to the forefront at the college. Dr. Janet Tootoosis will fill the role on an interim basis while the...
by MBC News | May 4, 2022
The New Democrats are pressing the province to recognize the Timber Bay and Ile a la Crosse residential schools, so that former students can receive compensation. Saskatoon MLA Betty Nippi-Albright recently presented a petition, urging for recognition, as...
by MBC News | May 3, 2022
For Rosie Charles, it was a dream which took years to accomplish, but on Monday she opened her own fitness studio called “RC FITZONE.” Her goal is to get people back into fitness, after the COVID-19 pandemic halted all gyms and classes. “This is for everyone who is...
by MBC News | May 2, 2022
Content Warning: The following story may be distressing. A former residential school survivor said it was emotional to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury apologize for the Anglican Church’s involvement in residential schools. The spiritual leader of the Anglican church...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2022
As the NDP get set to mark one-year since the unanimous passing of the Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act it is accusing the province of not doing enough to address suicide prevention. Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette, who was the architect of the...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2022
Northern Saskatchewan’s member of parliament is back home after traveling to the United States. Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal recently traveled to New York to the United Nations (UN) as part of Canada’s delegation to the UN’s...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2022
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Prince Albert Catholic School Division welcomed news that the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) wanted to purchase the former Rivier Academy. Education Director Lorel Trumier said in an interview she hadn’t...
