The First Nations Policing and Justice Symposium wound up in Saskatoon on Thursday. The three-day forum was hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council. Saskatchewan RCMP Sgt. Karen Pelletier and Cst. Wanda McKenzie spoke earlier in the forum about women in policing...
First Nations military veterans were remembered Thursday as part of a ceremony. Its estimated between 7000 and 12,000 First Nations members served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War, and an unknown number of Inuit, Métis and other Indigenous people...
Clem Chartier says he won’t seek re-election as Métis National Council president. First elected to the position in 2003, Chartier made the announcement in a letter to the general assembly on Wednesday. Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand will...
A hockey company in Saskatchewan is assisting Indigenous hockey players. Om Hockey Systems has been working closely with Indigenous hockey players around the province for the last few seasons. “First Nations (players) are the most untapped resource in hockey,” said Ty...
The Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) and Great Plains College have formally committed to continue to work together to promote Indigenous-inclusive education. The OTC and the college are renewing a strategic alliance which is also a pledge to continue to teach...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are getting set for their annual sportsman’s dinner next weekend. The event will feature former NHLers Jeff Odgers and Curtis Leschyshyn. Leschyshyn won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche and played over 1,000 games in the NHL with Quebec,...
The 2019 First Nations Language Keepers Gathering kicked off Wednesday morning in Saskatoon. The annual event is put on by the Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre. Keynote speakers Wednesday morning included Simon Bird who spoke on Cree education programs and...
MBC Radio is taking part in this year’s Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon. Our evening announcer Ken Landers is joined by our Cree broadcaster Abel Charles and Dene broadcaster Terrie Bekattla on-site at the new children’s hospital in Saskatoon. The two-day...
Pinehouse Lake RCMP are searching for three male inmates who escaped lawful custody at the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp on Monday or Tuesday. RCMP say they believe the inmates are together and are going to Dillon or Île-à-la-Crosse. Jesse Chanalquay, Brent Mosquito...
Northern families who have lost loved ones to suicide were in Regina Tuesday as the NDP re-introduced a bill calling on the government to create a suicide prevention strategy. Sally Ratt, lost her 12-year-old daughter Ariana to suicide, and Linda Roberts, 14-year-old...
