(Photo of Lebret Residential School) WARNING: Disturbing content By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples chair Senator Brian Francis calls a report released July 19 a “road map” to help...
Frank Young is being memorialized in two communities. The young boy, who died after falling into a river near his home on the Red Earth Cree Nation is being remembered with the placement of a cross on Red Earth, which is on the land near where he was found after 81...
Canada’s premier celebration of Métis culture and heritage is back as Back to Batoche is underway this weekend. This year’s festival has been given the moniker Year of the Youth with several events planned to get younger Métis people more engaged. Kristi Ross,...
More information is being released into the in-custody death at the Pelican Narrows RCMP detachment. The Serious Incident Response Team, which is investigating the death, says the unidentified 34-year-old man was arrested on Saturday morning for alleged break and...
RCMP in Dillon are asking the public for help in locating a northern man last seen Sunday on the Buffalo River Dene Nation. Kristopher Billette is described as being approximately 6’5″ tall and 200 lbs. He has medium-length black hair and brown eyes. He...
By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new federal bill formally recognizing the Metis Nation was introduced by federal Crown-Indigenous Relations minister late last month – but not everyone is on board. The federal government introduced Bill C-53 in...
