by MBC News | Feb 24, 2023
Two Keeseekoose First Nations sisters will have to wait a little longer on their bail application, as Federal Justice Minister David Lametti reviews their 1994 second-degree murder convictions. Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance will have to wait until late March for a...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2023
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix Dozens of young two-spirit people have come to Saskatchewan this week — from near and far, representing communities all across the country — for the first national two-spirit youth conference,...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2023
By Roman Hayter A Nakoda language teacher in the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation has devised a new approach to educating her students. Theresa O’Watch, a teacher at the Nakoda Oyade Education Centre uses a puppet to teach her students Nakoda....
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2023
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) has charged a man from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation with first degree murder in an investigation dating back to March of 2021. In a media release sent out Thursday afternoon PAPS said 26-year-old Henry Ratt had been arrested and...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2023
Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme will be taking on a new role with an important committee. In a media release published Tuesday, The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) along with Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2023
The Federal Court has sided with Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Karen Bird, in that she was unfairly removed from her position last spring. The Court found that Council and the Elders Council decision for removal in May 2022 did not follow the First Nations...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2023
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The StarPhoenix When Miriam Körner was a young woman, she left her home in Germany to travel the world. But when she came to Saskatchewan two decades ago, she knew she was here to stay. “I had ended up on the...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2023
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is speaking out in support of some recently introduced federal legislation. The federal Liberal government has announced plans to put forward legislation which will create an independent commission that will review potential...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2023
The member of parliament for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River is speaking on drinking water problems on First Nations in Canada. Gary Vidal, who also serves as the Conservative Party’s shadow minister and critic for Indigenous Services Canada told MBC Radio...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2023
La Ronge Liquor store. Credit Roman Hayter By Roman Hayter La Ronge Town Council announced it would consider allocating up to $2.5 million in funds to operate that community’s primary liquor store. The liquor permit from Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming went up for...
