by MBC News | Feb 8, 2023
It’s being described as a crisis situation in northern schools. The Northern Lights School Division is short 15 teachers, forcing education officials there to seek alternative measures in how it delivers education to students. The School Division has hired...
by Joel Willick | Feb 7, 2023
The University of Saskatchewan has announced a new research chair that will focus on Métis governance and policy – the first of its kind in Canada. The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan and Johnson and Shoyoma Graduate School of Public Policy...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2023
Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Association board members (L-R) Sheryl Kimbley, Donny Parenteau, Paul Lomheim and Roland Corrigal stand for a photo in Prince Albert, Sask. in January 2023. Submitted by Donny Parenteau When Donny Parenteau was starting his music...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2023
Construction workers have broken ground on a new elementary school in La Loche, Sask. The school, which will replace the nearly 50-year-old Ducharme Elementary School, is expected to serve approximately 475 students from pre-kindergarten through Grade 6. The building...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2023
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) Women’s Commission is talking about their work. The commission was established last year and advises PAPS Police Chief Jonathan Bergen on a range of issues. PAPS Chaplain Nora Vedress is the commission’s co-chair...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2023
A 31-year-old woman from La Loche has died after two trucks collided on Highway 955 earlier this week. RCMP say the collision happened on Wednesday afternoon at around 1:40pm, north of La Loche. The 31-year-old woman was the driver of one of the trucks and was...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2023
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald This is the 20th Anniversary of the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month and events in Prince Albert kicked off with artist and writer Leah Dorion and Elder Curtis Breaton...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2023
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is banning two men for life from their events. In a media release FSIN said Cecil Wolf and Nathan Lee Chasing Horse are not welcome at FSIN pow wows, spiritual practices or any other events. Wolf is facing a number...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2023
Cadmus Delorme is not seeking re-election as Chief of the Cowessess First Nation. In a Facebook post, Delorme said this decision was not easy, but that First Nation has progressed. “The past 7 years we progressed forward creating Cowessess Ventures, a business...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2023
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is marking Indigenous Storytelling Month. To celebrate the museum has teamed up with the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) to produce a video series featuring elder Hazel Dixon. Sarah Schafer, visitor experience supervisor with the...
