by MBC News | May 8, 2017
Map showing the territory ceded under Treaty No. 8, and the Indian tribes therein. Department of Indian Affairs, 1900. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada confirms the feds are working to draft Treaty 8 settlement agreements with two different northern Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | May 7, 2017
Leah Nagy (lower right) poses for a picture with her family. Photo courtesy of Braden Malsbury. For the fourth straight year, Northlands College in La Ronge put on its Northern Visionaries Video Essay Contest Gala this past weekend. La Ronge’s Leah Nagy earned...
by MBC News | May 5, 2017
A 2014 photo of Happy M. Charles. Photo courtesy Facebook. The official volunteer search for Happy M. Charles is heading into its second weekend in Prince Albert. Experienced search organizer David Crane said there have previously been concerns from rural farmers...
by MBC News | May 5, 2017
Five students have been named as finalists in for the Northlands College Northern Visionaries contest. Christie Bartle, Shannon Bear, Ashley Carlson, Leah Nagy and Tina Shaw were picked out of 60 video essays submitted from students all over the north. The students...
by MBC News | May 5, 2017
The monument is designed by Cree artist Lional Peyachew and sits near the front steps of Saskatoon’s police headquarters. Several hundred people gathered under the sun in Saskatoon on Friday to witness the unveiling of a monument devoted to missing and murdered...
by MBC News | May 5, 2017
Prince Albert Provincial Court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A Prince Albert judge is taking time to decide whether or not to grant bail to a man accused of an impaired driving hit and run on Big River First Nation. Police statements read out at Colt Morin’s...
by MBC News | May 5, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck A former high school basketball coach and principal at a La Ronge high school has been found guilty of two of four professional misconduct charges that were filed against her, and one of her victims is speaking up. Martina Cain’s...
by MBC News | May 5, 2017
2016 National Immunization poster contest Sask winner by Elizabeth Fider. The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region has issued an advisory about an outbreak of whooping cough, which it notes is a serious and highly contagious disease. A coordinated response involving...
by MBC News | May 4, 2017
Julius Park leads discussion on language preservation. Photo by Dean Bear. Maintaining language and culture in Dene communities was the main theme at a Dene language meeting in Prince Albert on Thursday. Many of the participants are from communities like La Loche,...
by MBC News | May 4, 2017
Attendees listen to a presentation on rural and remote housing at the SEDA conference. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski At the Creating Intersections for Growth conference, even presentations that aren’t focused on First Nations people or northerners are providing lessons...
