by MBC News | Feb 14, 2023
By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Patrick Mitsuing, a member of Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in Saskatchewan, played a key role at yesterday’s Super Bowl, the National Football League’s championship final. No, Mitsuing did not...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2023
Treaty Day celebrations are now wrapped up at Montreal Lake Cree Nation. The festivities started Thursday with opening ceremonies and wrapped up on Sunday. Part of the celebrations saw the chiefs of the Woodland Cree nations, Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB), Montreal...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2023
The Federal Appeals Court is upholding a lower court decision to annul the election results of the Chief and a Councillor of the Red Pheasant First Nation. Chief Clinton Wuttunee and Councillor Gary Nicotine were found to have engaged in serious electoral fraud under...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2023
Photo of Colten Boushie On the five-year anniversary of a trial verdict that sparked an uproar across the nation, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says they are standing in solidarity with the family of Colten Boushie. On Feb. 9, 2018,...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2023
By Roman Hayter “Women of the Swift Flowing River,” is a provincial volunteer organization of First Nations, non-status members, Metis, Inuit, women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ women from across Saskatchewan. The group’s vision is to improve the lives of...
by Joel Willick | Feb 9, 2023
Cameco said 2022 was a fantastic year for the uranium producer. In its Third Quarter financial results released Thursday said it produced over 80 million pounds of uranium, through signing a record number of contracts. “Demand for nuclear power, supported by growth...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2023
Treaty Celebrations are getting underway at Montreal Lake Cree Nation. The Woodland Treaty Day Celebrations are set to officially kick off Thursday with opening ceremonies and a meal in the early evening. Events Coordinator Roger Bird told MBC Radio News the...
by MBC News | Feb 8, 2023
It’s being described as a crisis situation in northern schools. The Northern Lights School Division is short 15 teachers, forcing education officials there to seek alternative measures in how it delivers education to students. The School Division has hired...
by Joel Willick | Feb 7, 2023
The University of Saskatchewan has announced a new research chair that will focus on Métis governance and policy – the first of its kind in Canada. The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan and Johnson and Shoyoma Graduate School of Public Policy...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2023
Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Association board members (L-R) Sheryl Kimbley, Donny Parenteau, Paul Lomheim and Roland Corrigal stand for a photo in Prince Albert, Sask. in January 2023. Submitted by Donny Parenteau When Donny Parenteau was starting his music...
