by bryanorthner | Jul 12, 2023
The interim chief of the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) is speaking after one of the service’s officers was charged in relation to an in custody death in 2021. In a media release sent out Wednesday morning PAPS said one of their officers was charged with...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2023
Sue Caribou, seen here at the Brady Road Landfill protest and blockade on Monday, July 10, 2023, has believed for more than 10 years that the remains of her niece Tanya Nepinak lie somewhere in the Brady Landfill, and that is why she said it was so important that she...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2023
A Prince Albert man is facing a murder charge in connection to the Byron Bear homicide. Yesterday, Prince Albert Police arrested Jackson Henry for second-degree murder at a home in the unit block of Clarke Place in Prince Albert. Henry is the fifth person charged in...
by bryanorthner | Jul 12, 2023
The Yukon River Quest is Canada’s longest canoe race, starting in Whitehorse and continuing 715 km to Dawson City. The event was founded in 1999 by Whitehorse canoeists who felt it would be great to stage a canoe marathon. Participants wanting to take part in...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2023
A Prince Albert Police officer is facing charges in the in-custody death of a man from Nov. 2021. It’s alleged that Saul Laliberte died at the detention facility. The unidentified 21-year member of the force is charged with criminal negligence causing death and...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2023
Sue Caribou, seen here at the Brady Road Landfill protest and blockade on Monday, July 10, 2023, has believed for more than 10 years that the remains of her niece Tanya Nepinak lie somewhere in the Brady Landfill, and that is why she said it was so important that she...
by bryanorthner | Jul 12, 2023
WARNING: Disturbing content A Cree journalist from Saskatchewan has been honoured for her podcast, which detailed the abuse her father suffered while attending the St. Michael’s Residential School. In May, Connie Walker won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody award...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2023
Four separate attempts to get a resolution to reinstate ousted national chief RoseAnne Archibald on the agenda for the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly were shot down each time. Byron Louis, chief of the Okanagan Indian Band, who moved to...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2023
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) is speaking out about a high profile missing persons investigation. In a media release sent out Tuesday afternoon PAPS said they have become aware of rumors which are circulating saying that Happy Charles, who has been missing...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2023
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News (ANNews) – Following a motion at its annual general meeting, the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 Nations declared the drug poisoning crisis an official state emergency on July 10, calling for...
