by MBC News | Apr 13, 2022
The Sports Director for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is apologizing to a youth hockey team for twice incorrectly stating their team name. Corey O’Soup was presenting a trophy and banner to the U9 Beardy’s Blackhawks, but referenced them as the...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2022
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for answers after a baby allegedly broke his leg at the Jim Pattison Children’s hospital. Tobias Soosay was born prematurely this past September and has been at the hospital ever since. According to the...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2022
Two people are facing several charges after a series of alleged assaults on Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say a man and woman committed a series of assaults in the community this past Wednesday with one of the assaults reportedly involving bear mace. When officers...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2022
A Saskatoon MLA is looking to incorporate more Indigenous culture into provincial politics. The New Democrats Betty Nippi-Albright is advocating to have a pipe ceremony performed prior to the opening of each Legislative session. “For myself, as a First Nations,...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2022
By: Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) recently announced the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors. The following four are the new board of directors: Perry Bellegarde, former...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2022
Northern Saskatchewan’s Member of Parliament is speaking out about the recent federal budget. Among the spending priorities laid out by the federal government in last week’s budget was a commitment to spend over $4 billion to help improve housing and infrastructure on...
by Joel Willick | Apr 11, 2022
The Saskatoon Tribal Council says they have identified a building as a possible location for a permanent homeless shelter in the city. The STC has been running a temporary wellness centre in the city’s downtown core since December. According to the organization,...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2022
A northern Chief is taking issue with comments made by a Prince Albert City Councilor when trying to address crime in the city. Councilor Blake Edwards suggested that it is not okay for surrounding communities to ban their members, only to see them in Prince Albert...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2022
A fourth person has now been charged in relation to the death of Cody Tait. Tait, who is from Saskatoon, was found dead on Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation this past March. In the weeks following his death the RCMP handed out second-degree murder charges to...
by Joel Willick | Apr 8, 2022
Krista’s Kilometres, a cross-Canada walk raising awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited individuals made its way through Saskatoon on Friday. The trek is organized by Indigenous grandmother Krista Fox whose grandson was...
