by MBC News | Dec 20, 2022
Lac La Ronge food bank chair Cheryl Norgaard stands with food hampers on November 9, 2022. Megan Heyhurst photography By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On a Wednesday afternoon, the Lac La Ronge food bank is busy — but quiet. A few years ago,...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2022
Tina Johnson, extended hours program manager for the Scattered Sites Outreach Program, stands in the kitchen at Scattered Sites on Nov. 9, 2022. Megan Heyhurst photography By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Henry Dorion — ‘Moody,’ to his...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2022
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The 14,000-barrel spill of crude oil from the Keystone pipeline into a creek in Kansas last week has Carry The Kettle Cega’kin Nakoda First Nation (Cega’kin) “gravely concerned” about...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2022
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) has launched a new teaching resource through the Indigenous Knowledge and Science program with the aid of Prince Albert high school students. The resource is...
by Joel Willick | Dec 16, 2022
First Nation chiefs from across the province came together at the FSIN offices in Saskatoon on Friday afternoon to stand in solidarity and speak out against what they say is the provincial government’s infringements on First Nations inherent and Treaty rights....
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2022
Matthew Maurer stands at a trailhead in La Ronge, Sask. In 2022, Maurer started leading evening and winter hikes in the trails around the town. Megan Heyhurst Photography By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter LA RONGE — By the time I arrive at the...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2022
By: Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division continues to make progress in addressing some of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action. Superintendent Jennifer Hingley and Indigenous...
by Joel Willick | Dec 14, 2022
A path has been cleared for Pelican Lake First Nation to have urban reserve land in Saskatoon. Leaders from the First Nation and city officials held an official signing ceremony on Wednesday afternoon with the signing of a municipal services agreement for land...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2022
Two men and a youth from Denare Beach are facing drugs and weapons charges following a raid on a home in that community Saturday. Creighton RCMP allege officers seized five rifles, two handguns, a number of magazines with ammunition, and a quantity of psilocybin and...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2022
By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter All week long, youth in Ile-a-la-Crosse, have been buzzing with enthusiasm about an ex-NHL player’s visit to their northern village. Rich Pilon, who grew up in St. Louis, Sask. before going on to play for...
