by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Athletes and coaches gather with Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Participants from the North American Indigenous Games and Tony Cote First Nations Summer Games were introduced in the provincial assembly today. The...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Marlene Bird leaves court after Leslie Black was sentenced on Sept. 22, 2017. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A Montreal Lake Cree woman who was set on fire after being sexually assaulted in 2014 died in a Prince Albert hospital early this morning. Fifty-year-old Marlene...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Matt Fedler. Photo courtesy of Twitter, @MattFedlerNDP Metis candidate, Matt Fedler, is hoping to champion Indigenous rights as the next MP for Battlefords-Lloydminster. The 25-year-old from North Battleford will run as an NDP candidate in the upcoming federal...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Randall-Dre Friday of Fishing Lake First Nation is an archer, and says his sport of choice is basketball. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Saskatoon Tribal Council and the University of Saskatchewan have recruited about 70 First Nations kids for a new athletic leadership...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2017
Photo courtesy of freshwaterfish.com Northern Saskatchewan commercial fishers are becoming increasingly dependent on pickerel for their income. The Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation paid out just over $4.2 million to Saskatchewan fishers in the last fiscal year...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2017
La Ronge Provincial Court. File photo. A 22-year-old man from Hall Lake has been ordered to pay more than $41,000 in restitution after admitting he started a number of forest fires near that community in July of 2015. Donald Halkett, Jr, recently appeared in La Ronge...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2017
The Road Forward film poster A film showcasing the rise of First Nations activism in Canada will be screened in Saskatoon. The Road Forward is a musical documentary exploring the rise of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s, all the way to modern First Nations activism....
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2017
Alex Zahara presents information on wildfire policy. Photo by Travis Radke. Mayors and politicians from a variety of northern communities gathered in Prince Albert today to take part in a series of presentations based on issues troubling the north. A presentation on...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2017
The family of Misty Potts sing an honour song before sharing the story of her disappearance. Photo by Joel Willick “It’s a sadness that never leaves you.” That was one of the comments from a woman testifying at the National Inquiry into Missing and...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2017
The new Dairy Queen restaurant in La Ronge. Photo courtesy of Braden Malsbury. The owners of the new Dairy Queen restaurant in La Ronge are pleased with the response they have been getting on opening day. The DQ Grill & Chill opened its doors this morning, and...
