by Joel Willick | May 2, 2023
An expert on the Cree language says it is time to move language based learning beyond the classroom to grow more fluent language speakers. Dr. Belinda Daniels, originally from Sturgeon Lake First Nation and a professor at the University of Victoria, says there is a...
by MBC News | May 1, 2023
Cameco is working to get some of their licenses to operate in northern Saskatchewan renewed. The Saskatoon based uranium mining company has applied to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) for an extension. Veronica Baker, manager of external communications...
by MBC News | May 1, 2023
The wildfire season in Saskatchewan is off and running, albeit a slower start due to a cooler spring. Already in the early season, there are 13 forest fires burning across the province, with five in the North. 12 out of 13 fires are contained. Officials with the...
by MBC News | May 1, 2023
UPDATE: The Vigil planned for tonight has been postponed. 5/1 11:13 AM —— Family and friends of Boden Umpherville will gather this afternoon and evening for a candlelight vigil. The 40-year-old, with ties to Ahtahkakoop First Nation, died Wednesday...
by MBC News | May 1, 2023
Christian Desjardin will appear in La Loche court today, charged with aggravated assault. It is alleged that Desjardin stabbed a male youth Friday afternoon on the Birch Narrows Dene Nation. The youth was transported to hospital with serious injuries. Desjardin was...
by MBC News | May 1, 2023
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is continuing with their work on self administered First Nations policing. Recently representatives from the tribal council and people from member nations traveled to Arizona to visit the Navajo Nation, where the delegation got...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2023
La Loche RCMP says it is investigating a hit and run. Mounties allege that a quad struck a man in the Poplar Point area Tuesday at approximately 11 PM. The driver of the quad did not remain at the scene. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment on...
by Joel Willick | Apr 28, 2023
Ahthakakoop Cree Nation, in partnership with the province, has chosen a site for their planned Urgent Care Centre in Saskatoon. The Cree nation has chosen the site of the Pleasant Hill Elementary School for the new facility – a block away from St. Pauls Hospital. The...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
Editors Note: The following news article contains descriptions of violence The Saskatchewan RCMP have made public more information about their investigation into the mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and the Village of Weldon. RCMP released their preliminary...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
Classes at the Dene High School have been cancelled this week after a stabbing incident last Thursday, left a student and a teaching assistant injured. Jason Young, the Director of Education for the Northern Lights School Division, said that the school should resume...
