by bryanorthner | Aug 29, 2023
A legal battle is on the horizon, as Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders are signaling a court challenge to the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement of 1930 (NRTA) and provincial legislation the Saskatchewan First Act. Chiefs, Tribal Council leaders and the Federation of...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2023
Public meetings are taking place in the Far North, hearing from residents on their concerns of their local road systems. Officials with the Ministry of Highways and Public Works and Athabasca Basin Development met Monday in Black Lake, where residents and leadership...
by bryanorthner | Aug 28, 2023
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Gathering of Nations is now underway in Prince Albert. The gathering is set to go until Wednesday with most activities taking place at the Chief Joseph Custer Reserve near the Victoria Hospital. Sheryl Kimbley, special events...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2023
(Photo courtesy of Dakota Ray Hebert. Facebook.) By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Dakota Ray Hebert is one of Canada’s hottest new comics and is featured on the fourth season of CBC Gem’s New Wave of Standup. “It’s very...
by bryanorthner | Aug 28, 2023
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is working to get more doctors to rural and remote communities. One of the initiatives being used to do this involves bringing medical students to communities and allowing them to tour medical facilities and other sites of...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2023
A La Ronge-area man is facing weapons and drug charges following a police raid in that community Thursday. RCMP executed a search warrant on a home in the 100th Block of Far Reserve Road, seizing a handgun with the serial number defaced, approximately 4 oz. of...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2023
La Ronge RCMP have released a sketch of an individual accused of assaulting a woman at a home on Vickers Crescent last Saturday. Police say the assailant broke into the Air Ronge home early Saturday morning, assaulted the woman and fled. The victim was treated in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2023
The Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) and White Buffalo Youth Lodge are helping kids get ready to head back to school. Friday morning in Saskatoon the two organizations put on their annual backpack giveaway. STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand said a range of items are handed...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2023
The provincial government is renewing a three-year funding agreement with the Ile a la Crosse Friendship Centre Community Support program for youth. The Community Support program works to provide youth with education and employment opportunities in the community and...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The Wabun Tribal Council is no longer seeking a temporary injunction to delay implementation of Bill C-53, federal legislation that will recognize Métis self-government in Ontario, Alberta and...
