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Police investigating deaths of six Indigenous people across the Prairies – APTN News
March 31, 2020 Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a triple homicide that killed three members of a Metis family in Prince Albert, Sask. The Prince Albert Police Service announced the arrest late Tuesday but did not name the man or reveal his relationship to the family. Police said he was known to […]
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Congress of Aboriginal Peoples calls for inquest into inmate’s death – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Two days after the death of 27-year-old Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate Curtis McKenzie, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is calling for the Saskatchewan Coroners Service to complete an inquest into his death, believing that Correctional Services Canada (CSC) refused to acknowledge that McKenzie was suicidal. According to CAP, McKenzie committed suicide while in custody. In […]
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Saskatchewan First Nation ratifies its own child and family services act – Globalnews.ca
March 4, 2020 A south Saskatchewan First Nation is making history by becoming the first Indigenous community in Canada to pass its own child welfare legislation under new federal legislation. Cowessess First Nation, located about 160 kilometres east of Regina, is now working with the federal and provincial governments on implementation. Membership voted 152-18 on […]
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‘Holding him to account for his words’: Colten Boushie’s family meets with Justin Trudeau – APTN News
February 26, 2020 Members of Colten Boushie’s family say the prime minister apologized to them while they visited Ottawa this week to advocate for change and follow up on past meetings. “We actually met with Prime Minister Trudeau as of yesterday, and we did discuss some of the changes that we may have seen,” said […]
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Cabin seized by Sask. gov’t ‘integral’ to trapper’s way of life, First Nations leaders say, urging its return – CBC
Province says cabin in hands of contractor; asks trapper to choose new spot Feb 20, 2020 First Nations leaders are calling on the Saskatchewan government to return the cabin of a northern trapper in the province so he can continue living a traditional way of life. Indigenous trapper Richard Durocher learned of the seizure of […]
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Wet’suwet’en solidarity protests disrupt infrastructure across the country – APTN News
February 9, 2020 Protesters have taken Gidmit’en spokesperson Molly Wickham’s call to “shut down Canada” literally, as actions have disrupted bridges, streets and legislature. Travel was halted on a major rail corridor in Ontario and protesters blocked access to an export terminal in B.C. In Ontario, protesters at a railway near Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory say […]
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Province says 75 per cent of inmates in Sask. jails are Indigenous – larongeNOW
Feb 05, 2020 New information from the Ministry of Corrections and Policing show that three-quarters of people incarcerated in Saskatchewan correctional facilities are Indigenous. Although the government recently released that statistic, it’s not news to Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand, who works with correctional centres to establish programs designed to rehabilitate and educate incarcerated […]
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Prince Albert Grand Council: Sisters in Spirit Monument and Sacred Site Project
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Onion Lake RCMP: Sudden death of adult male in Onion Lake Cree Nation
On January 21, 2020, shortly after 7 p.m., Onion Lake RCMP received a report of a deceased person located a short distance off Highway 797 in the Onion Lake Cree Nation. Officers secured the scene and requested the Coroner and additional RCMP resources to assist with the investigation. The deceased person has been identified as 32-year-old Braden Richard Bull, of Little Pine […]
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Update – La Ronge RCMP – Death of Sheena Billette Deemed a Homicide
January 14, 2020 Charges have been laid in the homicide investigation of 28-year-old Sheena Marie Billette of La Ronge, SK. Sheena was located seven kilometers north of La Ronge on Highway 102 on December 23, 2019. Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit South; La Ronge and Prince Albert General Investigation Sections; the Prince Albert and Tisdale Forensic Identification Sections; Prince Albert […]
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