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...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2021
The coroner’s inquest into the death of Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone heard about the final hours of his life on Wednesday. Dayza Merasty, who was 16-years-old at the time, told the inquest she had invited Ahenakew-Johnstone to a house gathering where drugs and...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2021
By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A hockey program that has been running at Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta this summer is wrapping up this weekend. But there’s a good chance that Indigenous communities in western Canada will be...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2021
Police in Prince Albert are now treating the disappearance of a 28-year-old as suspicious. P.A. police said in a media release sent out Wednesday afternoon that the investigation involving Crystal Castle is being handled by the police service’s Criminal...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2021
After two days of testimony at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone, more questions remain than have been answered. The inquest heard Tuesday from RCMP officers who initially attended the scene of a burnt out vehicle on the...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2021
WARNING: This story contains disturbing content. A Piapot First Nation man currently incarcerated has filed a Human Rights complaint against Correctional Service of Canada, alleging excessive and traumatic force and failing to provide appropriate mental health care...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2021
Voters in northern Saskatchewan will see a familiar face on the campaign trail during this federal election. Buckely Belanger the former longtime Saskatchewan NDP MLA for Athabasca is standing for the federal Liberals in Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River. Belanger...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2021
The Athabasca Health Authority is requiring all employees and contract-workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. AHA sent notice of their new vaccine mandate to employees on Aug. 18 and employees were encouraged to get the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday....
