by bryanorthner | Aug 21, 2023
Work is underway to provide more support to Indigenous veterans. A range of groups including the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), the Royal Canadian Legion and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) have teamed up as part of the Burns Way initiative....
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com As the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) transforms into the Otipemisiwak Métis Government in September, two people are vying to become its first president. Joseph Pimlott from Calgary, and Andrea...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
Prince Albert Police say an 18-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder of a man last month at an encampment. Garrison Clarke appeared in provincial court this morning, accused of killing Ponch Bird. Bird died at a known encampment July 22, marking the second...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
Union of Taxation Employees national president Marc Brière spoke on the steps of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in downtown Winnipeg on Thursday, and said the union is in favour of a search for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran at the Prairie Green...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
The long-awaited public inquest into the RCMP shooting death on the George Gordon First Nation in July 2021 will take place next month in Regina. On July 6, 2021, RCMP were called to a home on the George Gordon First Nation regarding a man armed with a rifle...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
(Photo of a wildfire in Northern Sask.) By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Friendship centres “always seem to be one of those main points of contact, especially for our Indigenous communities that are going through these...
