by MBC News | Aug 22, 2023
RCMP says it is investigating a death in Emma Lake as a homicide. Prince Albert RCMP received a report of an unresponsive man on MacIntosh Point at approximately 10:30 Tuesday morning. Authorities would find a deceased man in an outdoor location, identified as Phillip...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2023
RCMP in La Ronge are seeking help in solving an alleged assault. Mounties claim a man broke into a home on Vickers Crescent early Saturday morning, assaulted a woman, then fled on foot. The victim was treated at hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2023
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Grand Chief Cathy Merrick and other Indigenous leaders are now calling on Premier Heather Stefanson to resign, because of the premier’s refusal to assist with a landfill search for the remains of two Indigenous women. Dave Baxter,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 21, 2023
The James Smith Cree Nation is continuing to work towards healing as the one year anniversary of the mass stabbing draws closer. Over the next several days the First Nation will be hosting the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Traditional Healing...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2023
The northern community of Dillon is in mourning after a child was killed over the weekend. RCMP say a vehicle struck a six-year-old child at approximately 7:30 PM Saturday evening. The girl would later die at the local health center. The driver of the vehicle remained...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2023
The Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation and the federal government have settled a historic land claim dispute. The First Nation claimed Canada breached its fiduciary and statutory obligations relating to the surrender of 18,352 acres of reserve lands in 1909. “Now we have...
by bryanorthner | Aug 21, 2023
Work is underway to provide more support to Indigenous veterans. A range of groups including the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), the Royal Canadian Legion and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) have teamed up as part of the Burns Way initiative....
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com As the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) transforms into the Otipemisiwak Métis Government in September, two people are vying to become its first president. Joseph Pimlott from Calgary, and Andrea...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
Prince Albert Police say an 18-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder of a man last month at an encampment. Garrison Clarke appeared in provincial court this morning, accused of killing Ponch Bird. Bird died at a known encampment July 22, marking the second...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2023
Union of Taxation Employees national president Marc Brière spoke on the steps of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in downtown Winnipeg on Thursday, and said the union is in favour of a search for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran at the Prairie Green...
