by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation could soon hold a by-election for Councillor positions in Pelican Narrows. The election took place in April 2021 and unfolded in a strange manner. A COVID-19 outbreak would delay the vote in Sturgeon Land, but impact Pelican Narrows...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
(Photo of Brigette Lacquette. Courtesy of Facebook.) By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Brigette Lacquette worked her way up through the hockey ranks to earn a milestone. Lacquette, a member of Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan,...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety said it will not publicly discuss the release of a report into the operations of Prince Albert Police. In November, the Ministry tasked former Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht with examining the challenges,...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is remembering a fallen firefighter. In a media release sent out Wednesday afternoon the tribal council paid their respects to the late Gordon Norman Roberts. Roberts died while responding to a fire call in Grandmother’s...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
A multi-unit building on the Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation caught fire, leaving several families homeless. The fire is thought to have begun Monday at some time around 12:30 p.m. “I lost everything; I lost my home; it burned right to...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News (ANNews) – The Vatican’s announcement in March that it’s repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery that was used to justify colonialism and plunder for centuries led to questions about what that...
