by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation could soon hold a by-election for Councillor positions in Pelican Narrows. The election took place in April 2021 and unfolded in a strange manner. A COVID-19 outbreak would delay the vote in Sturgeon Land, but impact Pelican Narrows...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
(Photo of Brigette Lacquette. Courtesy of Facebook.) By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Brigette Lacquette worked her way up through the hockey ranks to earn a milestone. Lacquette, a member of Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan,...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety said it will not publicly discuss the release of a report into the operations of Prince Albert Police. In November, the Ministry tasked former Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht with examining the challenges,...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is remembering a fallen firefighter. In a media release sent out Wednesday afternoon the tribal council paid their respects to the late Gordon Norman Roberts. Roberts died while responding to a fire call in Grandmother’s...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
A multi-unit building on the Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation caught fire, leaving several families homeless. The fire is thought to have begun Monday at some time around 12:30 p.m. “I lost everything; I lost my home; it burned right to...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News (ANNews) – The Vatican’s announcement in March that it’s repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery that was used to justify colonialism and plunder for centuries led to questions about what that...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
Saskatchewan RCMP are set to provide an update Thursday in Melfort on the timeline of the mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon. With this update on the horizon MBC Radio News is taking a look back on what has been made public so far...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
The man who was seriously injured after an altercation with Prince Albert police earlier this month has died. Boden Umpherville was seriously injured during an altercation with police where it is alleged that multiple officers used batons and pepper spray during the...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
Prince Albert RCMP says it has located human remains belonging to a woman missing since December. Mounties say it received a report of the remains in a wooded area near the RM of Buckland Sunday. The deceased is identified at Joanne Highway, reported missing December...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
The killer of Keesha Bitternose will spend at least the next 25 years in prison. Dillon Whitehawk was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years for the January 2000 murder of Bitternose in Regina’s North Central neighbourhood. She had been...
