by MBC News | May 1, 2023
Christian Desjardin will appear in La Loche court today, charged with aggravated assault. It is alleged that Desjardin stabbed a male youth Friday afternoon on the Birch Narrows Dene Nation. The youth was transported to hospital with serious injuries. Desjardin was...
by MBC News | May 1, 2023
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is continuing with their work on self administered First Nations policing. Recently representatives from the tribal council and people from member nations traveled to Arizona to visit the Navajo Nation, where the delegation got...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2023
La Loche RCMP says it is investigating a hit and run. Mounties allege that a quad struck a man in the Poplar Point area Tuesday at approximately 11 PM. The driver of the quad did not remain at the scene. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment on...
by Joel Willick | Apr 28, 2023
Ahthakakoop Cree Nation, in partnership with the province, has chosen a site for their planned Urgent Care Centre in Saskatoon. The Cree nation has chosen the site of the Pleasant Hill Elementary School for the new facility – a block away from St. Pauls Hospital. The...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
Editors Note: The following news article contains descriptions of violence The Saskatchewan RCMP have made public more information about their investigation into the mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and the Village of Weldon. RCMP released their preliminary...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
Classes at the Dene High School have been cancelled this week after a stabbing incident last Thursday, left a student and a teaching assistant injured. Jason Young, the Director of Education for the Northern Lights School Division, said that the school should resume...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
RCMP are trying to determine the identity of a body found on Big Island Lake Cree Nation. The remains were found this past Friday at the communities landfill. The Pierceland RCMP detachment secured the body and conducted and extensive search of the area, which was...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation could soon hold a by-election for Councillor positions in Pelican Narrows. The election took place in April 2021 and unfolded in a strange manner. A COVID-19 outbreak would delay the vote in Sturgeon Land, but impact Pelican Narrows...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2023
(Photo of Brigette Lacquette. Courtesy of Facebook.) By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Brigette Lacquette worked her way up through the hockey ranks to earn a milestone. Lacquette, a member of Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan,...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2023
The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety said it will not publicly discuss the release of a report into the operations of Prince Albert Police. In November, the Ministry tasked former Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht with examining the challenges,...
