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...
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Reforms are needed in broken systems that are cumbersome to navigate and too slow to be realized when it comes to land back, said chiefs at last week’s annual general assembly for the Assembly of...
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating after a man was shot in the early morning hours Tuesday morning in Meadow Lake. RCMP said they were called about a shooting and when they arrived at the scene they found a 23-year-old man with life threatening injuries....
