by MBC News | Jul 24, 2023
Firefighters from the La Ronge Regional Fire Department battle blazes in northern Saskatchewan in May 2023. Photo submitted by La Ronge Regional Fire Department By: Kimiya Shokoohi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix Resources and training are...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2023
A public inquest will be held next month into the death of a woman at the Sandy Bay RCMP detachment. Marlene Bear was found unresponsive in her cell on July 25, 2021. Staff there did attempt resuscitation efforts, but Bear was pronounced deceased. The inquest will...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2023
(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...
by bryanorthner | Jul 21, 2023
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...
by Joel Willick | Jul 21, 2023
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,...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2023
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...
