by MBC News | Jul 21, 2023
A public inquest will be held next month into the death of a woman at the Sandy Bay RCMP detachment. Marlene Bear was found unresponsive in her cell on July 25, 2021. Staff there did attempt resuscitation efforts, but Bear was pronounced deceased. The inquest will...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2023
(Photo of Lebret Residential School) WARNING: Disturbing content By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples chair Senator Brian Francis calls a report released July 19 a “road map” to help...
by bryanorthner | Jul 21, 2023
Frank Young is being memorialized in two communities. The young boy, who died after falling into a river near his home on the Red Earth Cree Nation is being remembered with the placement of a cross on Red Earth, which is on the land near where he was found after 81...
by Joel Willick | Jul 21, 2023
Canada’s premier celebration of Métis culture and heritage is back as Back to Batoche is underway this weekend. This year’s festival has been given the moniker Year of the Youth with several events planned to get younger Métis people more engaged. Kristi Ross,...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2023
More information is being released into the in-custody death at the Pelican Narrows RCMP detachment. The Serious Incident Response Team, which is investigating the death, says the unidentified 34-year-old man was arrested on Saturday morning for alleged break and...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2023
RCMP in Dillon are asking the public for help in locating a northern man last seen Sunday on the Buffalo River Dene Nation. Kristopher Billette is described as being approximately 6’5″ tall and 200 lbs. He has medium-length black hair and brown eyes. He...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2023
By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new federal bill formally recognizing the Metis Nation was introduced by federal Crown-Indigenous Relations minister late last month – but not everyone is on board. The federal government introduced Bill C-53 in...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Reforms are needed in broken systems that are cumbersome to navigate and too slow to be realized when it comes to land back, said chiefs at last week’s annual general assembly for the Assembly of...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2023
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating after a man was shot in the early morning hours Tuesday morning in Meadow Lake. RCMP said they were called about a shooting and when they arrived at the scene they found a 23-year-old man with life threatening injuries....
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2023
The City of Prince Albert and a union representing about 200 of its workers are at in pass in negotiations. The city and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 882, which represents workers at City Hall along with those employed at recreation facilities,...
