Tag Archives: Community

'Know the dangerous ones': Sask. mushroom picker shares safety tips ahead of foraging season
As the forests and meadows of Saskatchewan come back to life each spring/summer season, they bring with them a lively bounty - wild mushrooms.But as interest in foraging grows, Donovan Thiessen has on...
Apr 16, 2025

UPDATE: Missing woman on Red Pheasant Cree Nation found deceased
Update: April 17, 8:43 a.m.Battlefords RCMP confirmed that missing 33-year-old Jana Laliberte was located deceased. Following a preliminary investigation, Laliberte's death is not believed to be suspi...
Apr 16, 2025

La Loche teen wins gold in Indigenous paddle making at Skills Canada competition
Claire Haynes remembers the first and only time she dipped a paddle made of her own hands into the water. "We were out on (Lac La Loche) and I couldn't wipe the smile off my face," she said of her exp...
Apr 15, 2025

2025 Ness Creek Music Festival
We're pleased to announce the full lineup for the 2025 Ness Creek Music Festival. Join us the 3rd weekend of July for an epic weekend of amazing live music and more! Get your tickets now at NessCreekM...
Apr 15, 2025

Get Ready for the 102nd Meadow Lake Stampede
We are coming back for the 102nd Annual Meadow Lake Stampede at the Bear Creek Gymkhana Grounds! You're not going to want to miss this! There will be sheep and calf riding both nights! The Meadow Lake...
Apr 15, 2025

MMF president first witness in Métis harvesting rights trial
David Chartrand had been speaking for an hour and a half when Crown Prosecutor James Fyfe lodged an objection. The President of the Manitoba Mtis Federation (MMF) had come to Meadow Lake Provincial Co...
Apr 15, 2025

Education; vaccine research key to solving tuberculosis
It only took two years. Worldwide, more than 1.5 million people die each year from Tuberculosis and there was only one other infectious disease more deadly - COVID-19. During the pandemic, all healthc...
Apr 12, 2025

'Almost forgotten and has now been reclaimed': Tournament honouring Jim Neilson gets underway this weekend
One of the biggest Indigenous hockey tournaments in Western Canada is back in North Battleford this weekend, the Jim Neilson Invitational (JNI) Tournament gets underway tonight at the Access Communica...
Apr 11, 2025

Celebrate National Canadian Film Day with Free Screenings of Die Alone across Saskatchewan
Celebrate National Canadian Film Day with Free Screenings of Die Alone across Saskatchewan, including Meadow Lake and Prince Albert National Canadian Film Day is just around the corner on April 16, an...
Apr 11, 2025

‘Use the land to find yourself’: Jordin Tootoo inspires youth at BATC conference
Over 1,200 kids cheered with admiration and joy as former NHL player Jordin Tootoo took to center ice at the Access Communications Centre on Wednesday for the Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) '...
Apr 10, 2025