by MBC News | May 6, 2026
Sturgeon Lake First Nation has declared a state of emergency due to rapidly rising water levels. According to leaders, flooding is affecting access along Highways 355 and 788, as well as the main traffic bridge. As of Tuesday afternoon, they say, water was just 12...
by MBC News | May 6, 2026
Photo: Andrea Sandmaier, President of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government (formerly known as Metis Nation of Alberta). By Jeremy Appel Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Native News The Otipemisiwak Metis Government is proposing revisions to federal...
by MBC News | May 5, 2026
Photo: Gwenda Yuzicappi holding a photo of her daughter / Photo by: Danielle Dufour By Danielle Dufour It was July 2005 and Amber Redman was out at a bar with her boyfriend when they got into an argument and he left her there. When she went to leave, five men abducted...
by MBC News | May 5, 2026
Saskatoon Centre MLA Betty Nippi‑Albright has announced she will sit as an Independent, effective immediately. In a public statement, Nippi‑Albright said the decision follows ongoing concerns about a lack of support and disagreements with the current direction of the...
by MBC News | May 5, 2026
Photo: (File photo from PM) Ottawa, Ontario, March 24, 2026 – Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast held at Rogers Centre Ottawa. /Photo by: Lars Hagberg A Statement from the office of the Prime Minister of Canada,...
by MBC News | May 5, 2026
Photo: Pasquia Park flooding May 4. / Sourced from Hanz Meyer Facebook By Nicole Goldsworthy Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SaskToday.ca Flooding across Saskatchewan continues to affect transportation and communities as of May 5, with multiple highway closures...
by MBC News | May 5, 2026
Photo: Floodwaters from the Carrot River cover low-lying land near Smoky Burn, Sask., as flows reached record levels this week. / Courtesy of Shayne MacDonald / Water Security Agency By Nicole Goldsworthy Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SaskToday.ca Record...
by MBC News | May 5, 2026
Photo: Daily Herald File Photo Local Indigenous elder Liz Settee speaks during Coldest Night of the Year in Prince Albert / Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter By Michael Oleksyn Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Prince Albert Daily Herald A...
by Amber Bear | May 5, 2026
At a spring culture camp in northern Saskatchewan, the smell of woodsmoke drifts through the trees as fish is smoked over an open fire and birch water boils steadily in large pots. In Grandmother’s Bay, tradition isn’t something remembered, it’s something...
by MBC News | May 5, 2026
Historic flooding along the Shell and Carrot rivers has triggered evacuations in northern Saskatchewan, prompting the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) to activate its Emergency Operations Centre. Members from Red Earth Cree Nation and Shoal Lake Cree Nation,...
