by MBC News | Jul 22, 2024
(Photo credit: Government House) The Government House has announced a new addition to the Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial in Regina. New interpretive panels have been added to help tell the history of residential schools in the province and are accompanied...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2024
By Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The first cultural learning afternoon for attendees of the 2024 Kids Club in Wakaw was held on Wednesday, July 10. Forty-three young people learned about bannock making and the ribbon skirt from Val Gaudet, a...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2024
(Photo credit: Tina Pelletier) Foran Mining Corporation’s McIlvenna Bay Project now has a dedicated space for Indigenous employees. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place yesterday for a new Indigenous culture and wellness room, with leaders from Peter Ballantyne Cree...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2024
By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Waka Recorder Back to Batoche is the largest outdoor celebration of Métis identity, culture, values, and language. Visiting, trading, and sharing food are time-honoured traditions of the Métis, and Back to...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2024
A coroner’s inquest will be held next month into the death of a woman who fell from a fifth-floor window in Regina. 31-year-old Nicole Lafontaine was staying at the YWCA in the city on July 22, 2023. Early that morning, authorities received a report that...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2024
A Prince Albert family has received keys to their new home today thanks to a partnership between Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan, the City of Prince Albert, and the federal and provincial governments. Construction of a new 1,100 square bungalow in the city began in...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2024
Police in Prince Albert are investigating following a weapons complaint last night. Police were called to the 300 block of 9th Avenue East at roughly 10:20 p.m. on a report of gunfire. Police said when they arrived, there was evidence of gunshots being fired at a...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2024
By: NC Raine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Eagle Feather News The complexity of modern scientific terminology and the Cree language are sometimes at odds, but Vince Natomagan is aiming to find bridges of understanding between those two worlds. “I have to...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2024
La Ronge RCMP are investigating a shooting incident which injured one person. The incident happened shortly before 1am Monday morning. Officers were called to Bedford Drive at the intersection with Louis Road. Investigators say one person was taken to hospital with...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2024
A man has died under what are said to be suspicious circumstances at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre. The 49-year-old man was taken into remand at the centre earlier this month for outstanding criminal warrants. Police say he went into medical distress on July 5...
