by MBC News | Feb 14, 2023
Editors Note: This story was amended on Feb. 15 to include a response from Indigenous Services Canada. Drinking water quality is currently a cause of concern for members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) living on Little Red River Reserve. People living in the...
by Joel Willick | Feb 14, 2023
Orano is making an investment to help increase the number of women working in their northern Saskatchewan operations and their company as a whole. The uranium company announced a $1 million donation to Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Women in Trades and Technology...
by MBC News | Feb 14, 2023
The last of three men charged with illegally harvesting a woodland caribou in Northern Saskatchewan has been fined and banned from hunting. Zane Layman recently pleaded guilty in La Ronge provincial court to unlawful hunting and using a vehicle to chase wildlife. He...
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...
