by MBC News | Oct 11, 2022
The family of a Kawacatoose First Nations Elder is claiming he was racially discriminated against and abused recently by health staff at Regina General Hospital. Thomas Favel was in hospital in late September for dialysis treatment for renal failure, and complications...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2022
Big River RCMP are releasing more information about the investigation of a suspicious death. RCMP said this past Wednesday they were called to a trail area on Big River First Nation about a dead person. Police are now identifying the deceased person as 30-year-old...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2022
People driving on Muskoday First Nation will be noticing some new traffic signage going up soon. The First Nation has recently been given a community safety grant to replace traffic signs in the community. Cori Pederson, the justice coordinator for Muskoday explained...
by Joel Willick | Oct 7, 2022
A new program, in partnership between the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the Province of Saskatchewan, is aiming to help Indigenous women transition out of the criminal justice system. The two organizations officially signed the agreement at an event in Saskatoon this...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2022
(Photo of the James Smith Cree Nation gathering after the arrest of Myles Sanderson. Credit Michael Joel-Hanson.) Damien Sanderson is not a killer, rather a victim. RCMP provided a timeline of early events leading up to the stabbing rampage on the James Smith Cree...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2022
A local indigenous writer will be releasing his newest book to the public soon. John Brady McDonald is a Nehiyawak-Metis writer, artist, historian, musician, playwright, actor and activist born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is from the Muskeg Lake Cree...
by Joel Willick | Oct 6, 2022
Megan Gallagher, a Métis woman from Saskatoon, went missing in 2020 and police would soon after began investigating her disappearance as a homicide. For nearly two years, Megan’s family went without answers for what happened to her. Many times when speaking with...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2022
The Town of La Ronge has a new mayor. A by-election for the vacant office was held Wednesday and saw Joe Hordyski come out on top. According to town officials Hordyski received 273 votes while the other candidate Matt Klassen got 138 votes. Hordyski is no stranger to...
by MBC News | Oct 5, 2022
Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty visited schools in the North to present some students with the Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Excellence. Mirasty visited five schools to present the Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Excellence. While on his tour he visited Twin...
by Joel Willick | Oct 5, 2022
The Buffalo River Dene Nation continues to call for help in dealing with violence in their community. The First Nation in northwest Saskatchewan re-issued a state of emergency they initially issued this past June due to crime and gang activity. At a press conference...
