by MBC News | May 21, 2021
The Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre has started offering programs for mental health support as part of a new initiative. Charleen Cote and Shauna Watcheston, two mental health therapists at the centre, came up with the idea for the initiative after...
by MBC News | May 21, 2021
The memoir of Fred Sasakamoose is now on book store shelves. In Call Me Indian, Sasakamoose, who is from the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, shares the story of his life from childhood, to becoming the first player with treaty status to make it to the National Hockey League...
by MBC News | May 21, 2021
Two new Elders are being brought on to guide and advise the Prince Albert Police Service as the organization continues working towards reconciliation and understanding. Elder Liz Settee and Elder Leonard Ermine will act as spiritual guides and provide teachings on...
by MBC News | May 20, 2021
About 8,000 homes in northern Saskatchewan remain without power as of Thursday afternoon. Communities such as La Ronge, Air Ronge, Stanley Mission and Montreal Lake have been without electricity since Monday due to a fire burning northeast of Prince Albert. According...
by MBC News | May 20, 2021
SaskPower crews are continuing their work to restore power to communities in the north after a wildfire damaged transmission lines. The company is now estimating they will be restoring power to affected communities between 6 and 8 p.m. tonight. With restoration of...
by MBC News | May 20, 2021
An author from Cumberland House First Nation has been awarded the NDN Collective Changemaker Fellowship. Priscilla Settee, a professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, is among 21 Indigenous leaders across Turtle Island – which includes...
by MBC News | May 20, 2021
SaskPower is pushing back its estimated time for when power will be restored to communities in the north. In a tweet posted to their official Twitter account, the utility said crews have been working non-stop since yesterday after gaining access to the sites that were...
by MBC News | May 19, 2021
Northern Saskatchewan was hit with cooler temperatures on Wednesday. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said a big weather system went through the province over the last 24-hours, causing the cool-down. According to Lang, this...
by MBC News | May 19, 2021
The tri-communities of La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are declaring a state of emergency due to power outages. The communities have been without electricity since Monday afternoon due to a wildfire burning northeast of Prince Albert. La Ronge...
by MBC News | May 19, 2021
SaskPower says it hopes to restore power to about 8,000 northern Saskatchewan residents as soon as Thursday. Communities such as La Ronge, Air Ronge, Stanley Mission, and Montreal Lake have been without electricity since Monday due to a wildfire burning northeast of...
