by bryanorthner | Nov 21, 2023
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is going to be hosting a lecture series with the province’s Lieutenant Governor. Russ Mirasty will be the featured speaker at the museum’s annual Solstice Speaker Series. Craig Perrault, executive director with Friends of the...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2023
The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety is providing $3.04 million to the City of Prince Albert through the Municipal Police Grants program, which will support 23 existing police service positions in the community. Saskatchewan Government Insurance is...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2023
1116 News Cree Language – Mary Jane Felix and Elizabeth Felix run the Four Spirits Plains Cree Language Training booth during the Braiding Knowledge for a Clean Future conference at Prairieland Park. (Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix) By: Kimiya Shokoohi,...
by bryanorthner | Nov 16, 2023
The Buffalo River Dene Nation is continuing to work to improve community safety. Earlier this month leadership from the First Nation along with representatives from the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) traveled to Regina where they met with officials from a number of...
by Joel Willick | Nov 16, 2023
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is hoping to have more on-reserve power sources in the future. Ty Roberts, Reserve Land Manager for the LLRIB, says the band is currently undertaking a needs assessment for the band’s 6 communities – to determine what power needs...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Candidates vying to become the next national chief for the Assembly of First Nations expect it to be a tight race, but will it go to the five ballots it took in 2021? Voting takes place Dec. 6....
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2023
RCMP have arrested a third person in relation to the death of a man in La Ronge on Nov. 8. In a media release sent out Wednesday afternoon police said they arrested 35-year-old John McDonnell in La Ronge this past Tuesday. McDonnell, who is from Lac La Ronge Indian...
by Jenna Smith | Nov 14, 2023
The long awaited 2023 Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards took place at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts in Prince Albert on Sunday night. Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate Indigenous artists from across the province, with ten awards being presented...
by Joel Willick | Nov 14, 2023
The Prince Albert Grand Council is hoping to address energy issues its communities are facing at a conference in Saskatoon. The PAGC is holding the Braiding Knowledge for Clean Energy conference this week with discussions around sustainability, net-zero initiatives,...
by MBC News | Nov 14, 2023
One of the candidates for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is talking about what he plans to do if elected. Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Vice Chief David Pratt released his 90 day entry plan Tuesday. The plan lays out a number...
