by MBC News | Feb 1, 2021
Local First Nations are mourning the loss of Capt. Randy Bair. Bair, a longtime firefighter from Muskoday First Nation and a Protective Officer with Saskatchewan First Nation Emergency Management (SFNEM) passed away late last week after a battle with cancer. In a...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 460 active COVID-19 cases in their communities Monday. The far northwest zone is reporting the most active cases with 152. The northeast has the second highest case count at 128. The far northeast is...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2021
Métis Nation Government of Saskatchewan Health Minister Marg Friesen said she wants citizens experiencing cancer to have “appropriate, culturally responsive service” that addresses Métis people‘s experiences with cancer and better meets their needs. The provincial...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2021
A World War II veteran from the Sweetgrass First Nation, who participated in the Juno Beach invasion has died. Philip Favel passed away Sunday at the age of 98. In May 1942, he joined the Canadian Army and chose to serve with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Prince Albert Grand Council and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations are weighing in on the story of a La Ronge Indigenous woman who is speaking out against both the RCMP and local hospital. Emily Kammermayer alleges she was...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
People all over northern Saskatchewan will be paying their respects to the late Ron Michel this weekend. The former Prince Albert Grand Council and Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation chief passed away on Monday night at the age of 69. Michel was a PAGC senator when he...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
A preliminary hearing for four people accused of kidnapping and killing elementary teacher Sheena Marie Billette, 28, of La Ronge in 2019 is delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Charlie Napthalie Charles, Deborah Maggie McKenzie, Telsa Jane McKenzie, and Sharise...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
A 30-year-old man faces a number of charges after a reported gun threat near the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation School Thursday morning. RCMP say a vehicle drove off the road and hit a fence near the school and a male suspect was seen exiting the vehicle with a firearm in...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
The MP for Northern Saskatchewan says a First Nations community in his riding has only received 30 doses of the Moderna vaccination, despite having a COVID-19 outbreak declared. “I had heard a couple of Parliamentary Secretaries, all telling us in the House of...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) was reporting 383 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Friday. The far northwest reported the highest number of cases with 131. The northeast has the second highest number of cases with 105 followed by the...
