by MBC News | Aug 15, 2022
After an over week-long search RCMP say the body of Lois Chartrand has been found. Chartrand, was last seen picking mushrooms on August 5 along the Hanson Lake Road north of Smeaton. An extensive search would be undertaken with several different police agencies and...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2022
RCMP said missing 21-year-old Jordan Ben of the Big Island Lake Cree Nation was killed in a traffic collision, south of Meadow Lake late Sunday evening. Police said an SUV, driven by Ben and a semi collided. Ben was declared deceased at the scene, while the driver of...
by Joel Willick | Aug 15, 2022
The federal government is investing $3.7 million in Saskatchewan tourism with over $900,000 of that investment earmarked for Indigenous tourism projects. On Monday morning, at an event at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault, announced the...
by Joel Willick | Aug 15, 2022
After a two year hiatus the annual Woodland Cree Gathering is returning in a few weeks and organizers are expecting a big turnout. The gathering has historically been a yearly meeting of the Woodland Cree communities of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Peter Ballantyne...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2022
A La Ronge woman, wanted on weapons charges from June has been arrested. RCMP says Celine Charles was arrested Thursday in Air Ronge. Mounties accuse Charles and three others in a June 19 incident in which a firearm was discharged towards an officer. Charles appeared...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2022
A public inquest will take place next month into the death of a Sturgeon Lake First Nation man at a Saskatoon jail cell. 20-year-old Jayde Charles was found unresponsive at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre in December 2019. Authorities say lifesaving...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2022
A 34-year-old man from Montreal Lake Cree Nation is facing over 20 separate charges after an incident on the First Nation earlier this week. RCMP said they were called to a home on the reserve on August 8 in regards to unwanted people being in a home. It was...
by Joel Willick | Aug 11, 2022
A new research project in Saskatoon is aiming to further the public’s understanding of Métis history in the region. The project is a partnership between the City of Saskatoon and the University of Saskatchewan where researchers will aim to trace and reconcile...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2022
The Île-à-la-Crosse Friendship Centre is set to get a new building. The organization which runs the facility in the northern village has been given $2 million to construct a new building in the community. Île-à-la-Crosse Friendship Centre Executive Director Myra...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2022
Dawn Walker said she fled Saskatoon out of fear for her safety and that of her seven-year-old son Vincent Jansen. Walker of the Okanese First Nation was arrested last Friday in Oregon City Oregon, accused of entering the United States illegally and faking the deaths...
