by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
RoseAnne Archibald of Ontario will be the first woman to serve as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. She secured victory after her rival, Reginald Bellerose from Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan, conceded the race. The election had gone to a...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
The Saskatchewan government is not quite ready to lift a provincial fire ban just yet. According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, there were 30 active fires burning in the province on Thursday afternoon. This includes three wildfires the province is battling...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
The Lac La Ronge Indian is postponing its advisory committees elections. The elections for the K-12 Education, Housing, Health and Post-Secondary committees were to be held July 12 to 20. The band is postponing until Treaty Days, which will possibly be held in...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The Prince Albert Pony Chuckwagon and Chariot Association has been staging events throughout Saskatchewan for the past 45 years. But as the association marks its return to action today, July 7,...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
The Prince Albert Grand Council hopes two new monuments on the city’s riverbank will draw greater attention to the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The two giant-sized bronze structures were unveiled Wednesday afternoon. Each one is in the...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2021
Clean-up and recovery is ongoing after a barge and tugboat capsized and sank on Lac La Ronge in June. The boat and barge were on route to the La Ronge Dam with equipment—a skid steer and sheet piles—to be used for the dam maintenance project when it sank on June 16....
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2021
Approximately 500 students from nine northern Saskatchewan communities learned about science during a virtual program in May and June held by the University of Saskatchewan. The Science Ambassador Program usually has university students go to the communities to...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2021
RCMP say they pulled a body from a northern Saskatchewan lake Tuesday afternoon. Mounties say they were called to Mirond Lake, near Pelican Narrows, around 2 p.m. Police say an autopsy is pending and they are unable to confirm the identity or sex of the individual at...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2021
Saskatchewan’s Lt. Governor said the appointment of Mary Simon as Canada’s Governor General is the correct choice. “She has a tremendous background, both nationally and internationally. I think based on that, plus the fact that she is Inuk and has lived on the land...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2021
A northern Saskatchewan First Nation is battling a COVID-19 outbreak. According to a news release, the Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation has been in lockdown since last week with a total of 109 cases linked to the outbreak. The First Nation is calling for additional...
