by MBC News | May 2, 2024
By: Jesse Boily, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Town & Country News Some of the country’s best youth hockey players will compete in the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship in Grande Prairie from May 5 to 11. About 350 athletes, 100 coaches and...
by Jenna Smith | May 1, 2024
First Nations Power Authority and SaskEnergy have signed a memorandum of understanding with the goal to provide a framework to explore sustainable energy security solutions for non-gasified First Nations communities. Another aim of the MOU is to increase Indigenous...
by MBC News | May 1, 2024
Saskatoon police will begin a month-long search of the city’s landfill on Wednesday for evidence of the disappearance of Mackenzie Trottier. Trottier was 22 years old when she went missing in December 2020. Since that time, investigators say they have pursued...
by Jenna Smith | Apr 30, 2024
Red Pheasant Cree Nation has announced a new strategy to deal with drug and gang activity in the community. In a release sent to band members, Chief and Council said they have consulted with Elders to address concerns and come up with a solution. With the guidance...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2024
Representatives from the provincial government were in Onion Lake Cree Nation on Tuesday announcing 15 new addiction treatment spaces. The new detox beds will be added to the Cree Nation’s Ekweskeet Healing Lodge to help members access withdrawal management...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2024
Jonathan Pasap, chief of White Bear First Nations. Ryan Kiedrowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter By: Ryan Kiedrowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The World-Spectator White Bear First Nations Chief Jonathan Pasap says new federal loan guarantees,...
by MBC News | Apr 29, 2024
La Ronge RCMP says it stopped a shipment of hard liquor going north. Mounties pulled over a vehicle on Highway #102 Sunday, where they seized approximately 50 bottles of hard liquor, 48 coolers and a box of wine. It is alleged the liquor was being transported to the...
by Joel Willick | Apr 29, 2024
The provincial government is providing an investment aiming to increase Indigenous involvement in the natural resource sector. The government announced a $400,000 investment, on Monday morning, into the Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence....
by MBC News | Apr 29, 2024
Preparations are being made to possibly include Northern Saskatchewan as a team in the Arctic Winter Games. The circumpolar games are held every two years and includes teams from Northern Alberta, Yukon, The Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Northern Quebec, Alaska,...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2024
A federal public safety official was in Pelican Narrows this week meeting with community leaders over increasing crime rates. In the past several months, leaders from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation have raised the alarm over the escalation of crime in the northern...
