by MBC News | Jul 17, 2025
An 18-year-old has been charged following a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle. Rothern RCMP say the crash happened shortly before 11pm Monday on Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation. The pedestrian died at the scene. He has been identified as a 62-year-old...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2025
By John Watson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Strathmore Times Siksika Nation is challenging the Province of Alberta in court over their decision to end a moratorium on coal development in the Rocky Mountains. In May 2020, Siksika Nation filed a legal challenge...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2025
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says they are seeing new wildfires spring up everyday. While the agency says many of these new fires are caused by lightning, they do say some of these new fires continue to be human caused. SPSA officials are urging the public to...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2025
Update: Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes investigating sudden death Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes has determined the death of 25-year-old Juanita Wahpistikwan from Big Island Lake Cree Nation to be a homicide. Saskatchewan RCMP continue to investigate. As this is an...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2025
Two elected representatives of the Provincial Metis Council will get their swearing-in ceremony after all. Wendy Gervais and Sherry McLennan, regional representatives on the PMC, were elected in the MN-S election on May 24. However, last month they were barred from...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2025
By Jeremy Appel Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Native News Human rights organization Amnesty International has joined First Nations leaders across Canada in expressing concern about recently passed legislation that allows the federal government to...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2025
By Jacob Cardinal Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Native News WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAYS? On June 11, 2025 the Saddle Lake Cree Nation announced their newly elected council for its next 3-year political term. A week later, on June 18, the Nation announced...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2025
As of 11:00 am on Tuesday, July 15, there are 50 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. Of those active fires, four are categorized as contained, 12 are not contained, 18 are ongoing assessment and 16 are listed as protecting values. The 2025 fire situation has cause for...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2025
Photo: Cadmus Delorme (Left) at the Spring University of Regina Convocation 2025 / University of Regina Photography By Lori Deets MBC News Freelance Correspondent First Nations University of Canada Cadmus Delorme was recently honoured with an honorary doctorate of law...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2025
By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Windspeaker.com Métis scholar Kristy McLeod is bracing for more hateful online comments when Decolonization and Me: Conversations about Healing a Nation and Ourselves hits the stores in mid-August. She wrote the...
