by MBC News | Nov 5, 2021
WARNING: Disturbing content A Saskatoon MLA said if the province was truly committed to reconciliation it would recognize two northern educational institutions as residential schools. Betty Nippi-Albright wants the Timber Bay and Ile-a-la Crosse schools to receive...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2021
The La Ronge Provincial Court has a new judge. The government of Saskatchewan announced the appointment of Dorinda Mae Stahl Friday. Stahl was called to the bar in 2006 and since then has practiced family, civil and criminal law and has worked as a crown prosecutor....
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2021
Lac La Ronge Indian Band members in Hall Lake will now have better cell service. This is thanks to a new cell tower near Sally Ross School. According to a statement by the LLRIB, the Band had been working for years to get funding for a cell tower in Hall Lake but...
by Joel Willick | Nov 4, 2021
There are several avenues to determine Métis ancestry in the province says the president of one organization. Charlene Lavallee is the president of AMNSIS (Association of Métis Non and Status Indians Saskatchewan), an organization working for non-status Indian, Métis,...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2021
The CEO of a wild rice company in north western Saskatchewan said the harvest was average this year. But Nap Gardiner, CEO of NWC Wild Rice, says if you compare it to last year’s, this harvest yielded much more. “The harvest this year, I think, if you look at a...
by Joel Willick | Nov 4, 2021
A demonstration is planned at the University of Saskatchewan on Friday to call for universities to investigate thoroughly any faculty who may be misrepresenting their Indigenous identity. The demonstration comes in response to U of S researcher Carrie Bourassa being...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2021
Northlands College is recruiting for their new Elders Advisory Council. The role of the four Indigenous Elders on the council will be to provide the College with advice on topics of culture and language. Guy Penney, president and CEO of the College, said Northlands...
by Joel Willick | Nov 3, 2021
A test project out of a mine in northern Saskatchewan was a success says the mine’s operators. For the past five years, Orano Canada and Denison Mines Corp have been deploying the Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction (SABRE) method to mine for uranium at...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2021
By: Jessica Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,Humboldt Journal Beginning in December, Cumberland House Cree Nation Daycare will offer a Swampy Cree language nest to children from six months to five years old. Language nests are programs where an Indigenous...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2021
A Calgary man is facing drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop near the northern village of Pinehouse. RCMP say a vehicle was pulled over this past Saturday afternoon outside the community at the junction of Key Lake Mine and Highway 914. Officers say they...
