by MBC News | May 29, 2024
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Sitting president Cassidy Caron has announced she won’t run in September’s Métis National Council (MNC) election, citing the coming birth of her first child. Caron, who is the youngest and first...
by MBC News | May 29, 2024
A reconciliation flag raising event in Saskatoon will not be happening this year. Since 2016, Reconciliation Saskatoon has held a flag raising event at Saskatoon Civic Square to honour Residential School Survivors and raise awareness about truth and reconciliation in...
by Amber Bear | May 28, 2024
An award-winning local author John Brady McDonald shares his winnings with the Stepping Stones Shelter in Prince Albert. John Brady McDonald is a Nêhiyawak-Métis writer and artist born in Prince Albert. He is a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and is the...
by Jenna Smith | May 28, 2024
Today marks the second anniversary of the homicide of 32-year-old Lawrence Lavallee. On May 28, 2022, just after 5:30 in the morning, Prince Albert police responded to the 800 block of 11th Ave. East on reports that a man had been shot. On arrival, officers located...
by Joel Willick | May 27, 2024
Last month, the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan made the decision to withdraw from Bill C-53. The beleaguered bill was a proposed self-governance treaty between Ottawa and Metis Nations in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario. When the MN-S announced the decision to withdraw...
by Amber Bear | May 24, 2024
Leaders in Cumberland House have declared a state of emergency due to deplorable road conditions on Highway 123. Earlier this month, photographs on social media depicted what appeared to be hazardous conditions and in some cases unsafe for travel. Locals state this...
by Jenna Smith | May 24, 2024
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that May 20–26 will be recognized as Treaties Recognition Week. Treaties Recognition Week aims to promote education surrounding treaty rights and relationships, reconciliation, and promoting open relationships between...
by MBC News | May 24, 2024
A 49-year-old man is facing charges after a death and fire in La Loche. RCMP were called out about a fight in a home around 2:30 Wednesday morning. Police say officers found two injured people, a 52-year old woman and an 81-year old man. The woman died in hospital....
by Amber Bear | May 23, 2024
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has announced that Creeson Agecoutay is their new News at Noon National Newscast host. Agecoutay is from the Cowessess First Nation in Treaty 4 territory. He has been working in the industry for over sixteen years and...
by Jenna Smith | May 23, 2024
The government of Saskatchewan has announced funding for a Virtual Health Hub on Whitecap Dakota First Nation. The first-of-its kind hub will be Indigenous-led and initially support the delivery of virtual health services for up to 30 communities remotely. “We are...
