by MBC News | Dec 16, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is urging people to remain vigilant as the holidays approach and with the emergence of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. NITHA Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka explained the emergence of the Omicron variant...
by Joel Willick | Dec 16, 2021
A caribou management board is hoping governments will sign onto a new agreement allowing them to continue operations for another decade. The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB) held several meetings in the past few weeks where they presented the...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2021
A La Ronge mental health therapist is opening her practice during what some people consider the the worst time of the year: Christmas holidays. Sheila Price, who has been a therapist for 10 years, will be available for sessions from Dec. 24 to 27 and Dec. 31 to Jan....
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2021
A man from Black Lake has been charged with aggravated assault. Black Lake RCMP received a report around 11 p.m. Saturday of an assault that happened on the First Nation. Police located an injured man on a road in the community and he was then transported to hospital...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2021
UPDATE Black Lake RCMP have arrested a man in relation to a suspicious death on the First Nation that has now been deemed a homicide. 21-year-old Jerrick Stalthanee has been charged with second degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Arley Cook. Stalthanee’s...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2021
One man has died after being shot by RCMP officers on Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say, on Tuesday evening at around 5:00 pm, they responded to reports of a man with a gun who had barricaded himself in a home on the First Nation. Officers from the surrounding area...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2021
Cowessess First Nation will receive funding for the community’s gravesite reclamation project. Cowessess chief Cadmus Delorme and federal minister Marc Miller announced today the over $700,000 in funds that will be given over a three-year period. The funding will be...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2021
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,Alberta Native News Cree lawyer Leah Ballantyne says people who falsely claim Indigenous identity should be charged with fraud. Ballantyne, who used to serve on the senate of the University of Saskatchewan, told...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2021
By: Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Cree Language Kindergarten program at John Diefenbaker School is looking at expanding next year. Saskatchewan Rivers education director Robert Bratvold said the program will grow to include pre-Kindergarten...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2021
By: By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The Assembly of First Nations will not be advocating with the federal government for the creation of a national treaty commissioner’s office (NTCO). Lines were drawn on Dec. 8, the second day...
