by MBC News | Aug 30, 2021
The Walk of Sorrow has finished up after 79 days. Patricia Ballantyne, who is originally from Deschambault Lake, set out on a walk from Prince Albert to Ottawa in June to raise awareness about Canada’s Residential School System. Ballantyne arrived in Ottawa on August...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2021
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix Big River First Nation is requiring its roughly 300 employees to be vaccinated. “The biggest reason we’re trying to do this is our school has hardly been open for the last two...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2021
A familiar face in Saskatchewan Métis politics is looking to win a seat in parliament. Robert Doucette a former president of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) is standing for election in the riding of Saskatoon West for the federal New Democratic Party (NDP)....
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2021
Four Saskatchewan Indigenous-owned businesses have been chosen as semi-finalists in an entrepreneurial competition. The annual Pow Wow Pitch competition looks to support Indigenous-owned businesses from Canada and the United States. The Local Adventure Company, a...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2021
Human remains found earlier this year in a wooded area northeast of Prince Albert have been confirmed to belong to 24-year-old Tristan Chaboyer. Chaboyer was reported missing Sept. 4, 2020. In June, his disappearance was determined to be a homicide. Members of the...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2021
The body of Crystal Castle, a woman who was reported missing to the Prince Albert Police Service, has been found in a rural area west of St. Louis, a village 35 kilometres south of Prince Albert. 28-year-old Castle was last seen on Aug. 11 and was reported missing...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2021
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band member has been chosen to paint a mural for the La Ronge Arts Council. The mural, which will be located in the town of La Ronge, was up for grabs through an application process. Sammi Kopeck, who has been an artist since she was a child but...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2021
The coroner’s inquest into the death of Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone wrapped up Thursday with a number of recommendations from the six-person jury. The 20-year-old Ahenakew-Johnstone’s remains were found in a burnt-out vehicle on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in May 2018....
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2021
The Northern Lights School Division is requiring all students and staff to wear masks for the upcoming school year, until communities reach a 70 percent vaccination rate threshold. The School Division released its 10-page school plan Thursday. “Mask use for students...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2021
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan is celebrating their culture and heritage next week through the Batoche Métis Fall Festival. In a press release, MN-S said this festival will “bring people back together again on the traditional land of Batoche.” This is the first in-person...
