by MBC News | Dec 7, 2021
SaskPower is looking to help people living on northern Saskatchewan First Nations lower their power bills. To do this the corporation is teaming up with the federal government to launch the Northern First Nations Home Retrofit Program. Scott McGregor a media relations...
by Joel Willick | Dec 7, 2021
According to the Assembly of First Nations national chief, the upcoming delegation to the Vatican has been postponed due to concerns over the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. RoseAnne Archibald made the announcement during her opening address at the AFN assembly...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2021
A northern addiction and mental health intervention camp will be receiving a one-time grant from the provincial government. The Kineepik Métis Local #9 will be getting $337,000 for the Muskwa Lake Wellness Camp, located near Pinehouse. Part of the funds will be used...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2021
A Councillor with a northern First Nation said the restrictions and life upheaval caused through the COVID-19 pandemic have caused an increase in depression, leading to more suicides and addictions. Devin Bernatchez, with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band said job losses,...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
On Monday morning, the federal government announced it will hand over a volume of residential school records to a national archives centre. The government has been criticized recently for withholding these documents. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
One person is dead after two semis collided about 10 kilometers north of Davidson. The collision happened around 2 a.m. Monday. According to RCMP, one semi jack-knifed on the highway and a second hit it. The two occupants of the jack-knifed semi didn’t report...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
The province is investing up to $1 million to assist Alberta in its fight to stop the migration of the Mountain Pine Beetle. The wood-boring insect, which made its presence known to British Columbia in the early 1990’s is responsible for impacting more than 18 million...
by Joel Willick | Dec 6, 2021
Saskatchewan’s most widely circulated Indigenous newspaper will have new ownership in the new year. In September, John Lagimodierre announced his planned exit from Eagle Feather News after over two decades as the paper’s owner and managing editor. Now, a group of four...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2021
SaskTel has announced the next set of communities who will get it’s fibre optic internet service. 24 rural communities will be next up to get the faster internet service, including La Loche, Buffalo Narrows and Île-à-la Crosse. This is phase four of the...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2021
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation said it is the first in the province to provide its households and businesses with full fibre-optic broadband internet services. More than 200 households, the band office, health centre and business park now have access to...
