by MBC News | Jun 27, 2022
The Northern Inter Tribal Authority (NITHA) is looking to get people thinking about HIV testing. Monday June 27 is National HIV Testing Day in Canada. NITHA Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka explained promoting HIV testing is valuable as it has the potential...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2022
The Northern Lights School Division said budget pressures have resulted in staff reductions and redirecting money away from building maintenance and school supplies. “The Division had to reduce our teaching staff by 13 from 312 down to 299. The reductions result in 10...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2022
By Bailey Sutherland, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter RCMP are investigating after a church was burned down early Thursday morning on the Waterhen Lake First Nation. Meadow Lake RCMP were called to the structural fire at 6:10 a.m. on June 23, which initial...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2022
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com It’s been a “challenging” 10 days, says RoseAnne Archibald in an extensive interview with Windspeaker.com conducted June 25. The first woman leader of the largest,...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2022
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) and The Saskatchewan First Nations Women’s Commission (SFNWC) at the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU). In a media release sent out Friday...
by Joel Willick | Jun 24, 2022
An Indigenous advocate for the homeless population is responding to recent comments on Indigenous people and homelessness from a Regina city councillor. At a recent council meeting, where homelessness was a topic of discussion, Ward 7 Councillor Terina Shaw stated an...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2022
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With many hugs and a few tears, the Class of 2022 at Prince Albert’s Wesmor Public High School crossed the stage at the EA Rawlinson Centre. The 44 graduates received one final send-off during an in person...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2022
Punnichy RCMP are investigating after a theft of traditional Indigenous regalia from a house on Kawacatoose First Nation. RCMP say the items were believed to have been stolen sometime in late May or early June. Officers and occupants of the home have been...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2022
By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lawyers for Indigenous children removed from their homes in off-reserve and placed with non-Indigenous families as part of the child-protection system blasted the government’s decision to fight a class-action...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2022
The bison herd at Wanuskewin Heritage Park is growing. Park officials, announced on Thursday that six calves were born to the herd earlier this month, three boys and three girls. These new calves now bring the total number of bison at Wanuskewin to 24. Bison were...
