by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com There’s strength in numbers. That’s the thinking of representatives from 10 Saskatchewan-based, Indigenous-owned construction companies that have joined forces to boost their profiles. The...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
Another northern mayor is endorsing a candidate in the federal election. Ile a la Crosse Mayor Duane Favel is supporting Liberal candidate Buckley Belanger. “Buckley’s greatest gift is his passion, his ability to communicate and influence. He knows how to...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
The town of La Ronge has called a byelection for November 30. This is to fill the spot of the late councillor Hugh Watt, who died in August. After a position on council becomes available, the town has six months to hold a byelection. Calling for a byelection is...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
The Green Party of Canada candidate in the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding said he would work with other parties to focus on issues facing the north. Nasser Dean Chalifoux, who lives on a mostly self-sustained homestead in the northeast of the province,...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
RCMP in southern Saskatchewan are on the lookout for a man they are calling dangerous. Jarrett Poitras was scheduled for a trial in Regina this past August, but didn’t show up. The charges against Poitras stem from an alleged armed robbery in July 2019 on...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
A design unique to Prince Albert will be available for this year’s Truth and Reconciliation Day. Formerly known as an Orange Shirt Day, September 30th has now become a national holiday with the goal to remember survivors of Canada’s residential schools....
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
Several Indigenous leaders are supporting recommendations from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority in an attempt to curb rising COVID-19 cases in northern First Nations. NITHA is strongly recommending that masking for all indoor public spaces be re-introduced...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
The City of Saskatoon is currently looking at forming a support network to help Indigenous matriarchal figures in the community. A recent report on missing Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people in the city recommended the formation of the Office of the...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
The Grandmother’s Bay General Store is thriving after being in major debt only a few years ago. Lac La Ronge Indian Band councillor Gerald McKenzie said when he was first elected in 2017, the store’s shelves were barely stocked and it wasn’t bringing in enough money...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2021
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of a possible Covid-19 exposure at a restaurant in Prince Albert. The SHA says anyone who attended Smitty’s restaurant in the city from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm during the week of August 30th to September 5th may have been...
