by MBC News | Sep 5, 2022
Dangerous Persons Alert issued by Spiritwood RCMP for Witchekan Lake First Nation Tuesday, September 6 – 6:30am One suspect, Kelly Witchekan, has been arrested. Melvin Starblanket is still at-large. The Dangerous Person Alert has been cancelled at this point....
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2022
Update 5:45PM The James Smith Cree Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to what it said were numerous murders and assaults of its members earlier Sunday. In a statement, the First Nation said leadership voted unanimously for the state of emergency. Two...
by Joel Willick | Sep 2, 2022
Dawn Walker has been released on bail. Walker, who faces charges after allegedly faking her death and fleeing to the United States, had a bail hearing Friday afternoon. Crown prosecutor Tyla Olenchuk and defense lawyers Chris Murphy spent the afternoon presenting...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2022
An inquest into the death of a man at a Prince Albert jail cell in 2020 will take place in October. Kevin Wolbaum was found unresponsive at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary on January 28, 2020. The 55 year-old was taken to hospital, but died two days later. The inquest...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2022
(STARS helicopter landing on the scene to take Tanner Kilby to the Royal University Hospital — submitted photo) By: Bailey Sutherland, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Four local families have been forever bonded together thanks to joint life-saving...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022
WARNING: Disturbing content A frustrated former student of the Timber Bay residential school is organizing an awareness walk in hopes of sustained pressure on the federal government to formally recognize the institution. First Nations leaders and others have been...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022
2 people from Cumberland House have died after a single vehicle rollover. RCMP say, at around 12:30 pm on Tuesday, a vehicle with six occupants rolled on Highway 123, about 24 kilometres north of the junction with Highway 55 near Carrot River. Mounties say there were...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022
Six northern airports will be seeing significant upgrades. The airports in La Loche, Île-à-la-Crosse, Sandy Bay, Cumberland House, and Pinehouse Lake are getting combined federal and provincial funding to install All Weather Observation Systems. These observation...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022
A total of $30 million will now be available to help close inactive oil and gas sites on reserve lands. The Government of Saskatchewan announced an additional $10 million for the First Nations Stewardship Fund adding to a previous investment of $20 million. The fund,...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022
The First Nations University of Canada is getting $225,000 from the provincial government to administer the Dene Teacher Education program. Post secondary students who are enrolled this fall from La Loche and the Clearwater River Dene Nation will receive a four-year...
