by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
The company working to set up a marijuana retail outlet in La Ronge says it wants input from Indigenous people. Aura Cannabis was granted a permit for the town and hopes to have a store open by this fall. Executive Vice-President Andrew Gordon says the company is in...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
Young adults from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will have the opportunity to be immersed in traditional language and culture as part of a new camp this summer. The Adult Cree Immersion Camp runs for five days in late August at Youth Haven on Big Stone Lake. LLRIB Cree...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
The Prince Albert Grand Council Women’s Council is holding its 14th annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk this morning. The walk raises awareness about the men and women who have gone missing or have died due to violence. “We started 14 years ago...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2018
Consultations will begin soon by the federal government on how to best address concerns related to band membership, registration and citizenship. Indigenous and Northern Affairs has appointed Claudette Dumont-Smith as the minister’s special representative to...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2018
Clarence Papequash is the new chief of the Key First Nation, following a court-ordered election Monday. Papequash defeated two other challengers for the top job. In March, a federal court vacated the 2016 election results, ruling there was corruptive practices with...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2018
Exactly six months after a plane crash in Fond-du-Lac, victims and their families gathered for a healing event Wednesday. The twin-engine West Wind Aviation plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Dec. 13, 2017. Nine people were seriously hurt and one person later died...
