by MBC News | Jun 13, 2023
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Representatives from the Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence were in Washington, DC last week to assert the sovereignty of First Nations as economic partners with the...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2023
A program to increase screening for cervical cancer and the Human Papillomavirus in Northern Saskatchewan will continue through the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, two Sask. doctors and the Canadian Cancer Society. Cornelius Spiers, a retired doctor from...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2023
A preliminary hearing is set for October for three people charged in the death of Jeremy Ernest. Hannah Durocher, Tyson Lasas and Trevor Alexander are charged with second-degree murder in the homicide. RCMP were called to the Waterhen Lake First Nation on Nov. 12,...
by bryanorthner | Jun 9, 2023
The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) wants wildfire policies in Saskatchewan to change. Brian Hardlotte said the Tribal Council is wanting to see some changes made in how wildfires in the north are dealt with. Speaking with MBC Radio News,...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2023
2023-06-09, 1:30 p.m. On June 7, 2023, Meadow Lake RCMP received a report of a missing 36-year-old woman, Jennifer Sinclair. Jennifer was last seen on 9th Street West in Meadow Lake the evening of June 3, 2023. Since she was reported missing, Meadow Lake RCMP have...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2023
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling for changes to the province’s wildfire strategies. In a media release sent out Friday morning the Tribal Council called for the implementation of recommendations from a 2018 PAGC task force along with those laid...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2023
(Photo courtesy of Twitter.) By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Words spoken earlier this week by Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller have the CEO of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) riled. Miller...
by bryanorthner | Jun 8, 2023
Members of the Muskoday First Nation are looking to raise awareness and spur action on crystal meth and fentanyl in their community. Thursday morning walkers departed from the First Nation’s health centre and began their walk, which will take them to a number of...
by bryanorthner | Jun 8, 2023
The English River First Nation said it cannot support a 20-year licence renewal for Cameco’s Key Lake, McArthur River and Rabbit Lake facilities. The First Nation called the request a generational licence. The recent re-opening of Key Lake and McArthur River, shows...
by Joel Willick | Jun 7, 2023
(CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains distressing details.) The 6-person jury at the inquest into the death of William Whitebear is providing several recommendations to the Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety. Whitebear died by suicide at the...