by MBC News | Oct 30, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Saskatchewan Treaty Commissioner Mary Musqua-Culbertson didn’t mince words when she spoke to members of the Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples Oct. 25 about the difficulty in accessing...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2023
By Kimiya Shokoohi There have been times when birth support worker Keara Laverty has seen an Indigenous woman enter the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon, alone and ready to give birth. It’s especially in moments such as those that Laverty, who is Métis,...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2023
By Kimiya Shokoohi When Thunder Farms started to make gains as a fully Indigenous-owned farm northwest of Battleford, Sask. three years ago, limited funding options were available. Communications and training resources are essential for grant applications to access...
by Jenna Smith | Oct 26, 2023
The 2023 Hunger Report has been released and shows an increase in visits to the food bank across Canada this year. The report says that over two million Canadians went to a food bank just in March alone. It also showed a 78.5% increase in food bank visits since 2019...
by bryanorthner | Oct 26, 2023
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) is looking to address the dangerous situation in Pelican Narrows. Wednesday night at the community’s elementary school PBCN Chief and Council were joined by leaders from the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), Federation...
by bryanorthner | Oct 25, 2023
As this year’s Throne Speech leaves First Nations hardly mentioned, the Saskatchewan Government is attempting to address major social issues impacting the province. Lt. Gov. Russ Mirasty said the Scott Moe Government will look to increase Indigenous employment and...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2023
(Photo of Jean LeChance. Courtesy of Prince Albert Police) Theron Morin is working on a memorial bench to honour his mother, whose death over 30 years ago remains an unsolved homicide. Police found the body of 29-year-old Jean LaChance south of the Victoria Hospital...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2023
RCMP said it has arrested one person in connection to a month-long investigation into an alleged assault and attempted extortion of a man on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. Mounties accuse Ian Felix, Jared Naytowhow and Brianna Forest in the September 19 incident,...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2023
Michael Oleksyn/Daily Herald Graduates celebrated on stage at Plaza 88 near the conclusion of the Fall Graduation Celebration for the First Nations University of Canada on Saturday evening. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Prince Albert Campus...
by Joel Willick | Oct 24, 2023
The former Chief of Cowessess First Nation says government jurisdiction and partisan politics were some of the biggest challenges when achieving self-determination of their child welfare. In 2021, Cowessess was successful in becoming the first First Nation in the...
