by Joel Willick | Mar 20, 2023
Last week, the Saskatchewan First Act passed third reading despite strong opposition from Indigenous groups. The government says the Act aims to assert its jurisdiction over natural resources. The legislation has garnered the ire of Indigenous groups since it was...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2023
Members of Montreal Lake Cree Nation will have three candidates to choose from when they vote for their next chief. Incumbent Joyce Mcleod is standing for re-election for a second term. Mcleod is being challenged for the office by Conrad Bird and Edward Henderson. In...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2023
In communities across Saskatchewan — from the biggest cities to the smallest hamlets — people are struggling to stay housed, or living without safe and reliable housing at all. But service providers in rural communities say their clients face high barriers to...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2023
The Victim Advocate Case Review Program will be expanding to Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, and their neighbouring regions due to additional funding. VACRs allow community experts to work with police agencies on closed sexual assault files and help determine challenges and...
by MBC News | Mar 17, 2023
A Coroner’s Inquest looking in to the death of a 28-year-old man in August of 2020 is set to go next month in Prince Albert. Cain Wapass was found unresponsive in a cell at the RCMP detachment on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation on August 26 of 2020. Emergency medical...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2023
The Northern Village of Île-à-la-Crosse is welcoming new funding to build affordable housing. Earlier this week the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) announced a commitment of over $1 million to build eight new affordable housing units in the northern village....
by Dan Jones | Mar 16, 2023
The controversial Saskatchewan First Act passed Third Reading in the Legislature. Voting along party lines, of 40 for the SaskParty and independent Nadine Wilson and 11 for the NDP. The legislation the province claims gives Saskatchewan exclusive jurisdiction over...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2023
Two people are facing 14 separate charges each after an investigation by La Ronge RCMP. According to police earlier this month they got a report about an assault and robbery which is alleged to have happened in June of 2022. RCMP said as part of their investigation...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2023
An urban reserve near Saskatoon will be able to complete critical infrastructure and wastewater work after the English River First Nations announced a partnership agreement with the Canadian Infrastructure Bank yesterday to get work completed on the project....
by Joel Willick | Mar 15, 2023
At the 2023 Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention on Wednesday in Saskatoon Premier Scott Moe made announcements for increases in municipal revenue sharing along with an increase to funding to recruit doctors to rural and northern areas....
