by MBC News | Nov 24, 2011 | Current News
A Metis woman says a Metis settlement near the Battlefords should be designated as a UNESCO cultural site or a federal heritage site. Marilyn Richardson made that suggestion during a meeting in Battleford Wednesday night. Richardson says the community of Bresaylor is...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2011 | Current News
It doesn’t look like 2011 will be a banner year for commerical fishermen in the north. The head of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation confirms prices and volume were both down this year. Wood says there was 25.1 million dollars made in total payments to fishers...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2011 | Current News
The president of the Metis National Council President says he wants to see a Metis constitution set up. Clem Chartier explains that constitution could give the Metis the firm legal footing it needs to achieve self government. Chartier raised the idea during a meeting...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2011 | Current News
A 19-year-old man has been arrested and warrants are out for two others in connection to the fatal house fire on the Ahtahkakoop reserve early Monday morning. Dominic Chase Ahenakew, who’s from Ahtahkakoop, is facing two counts of second degree murder. He is due...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2011 | Current News
Aboriginal affairs minister John Duncan is resurrecting a bill that would force First Nations to publish the salaries of band leaders and councillors. First Nations leaders say they might agree that the finances should be transparent and public, but they don’t...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2011 | Current News
Premier Brad Wall says the Whitecap Dakota First Nation is so successful that non-First Nations people are moving to the community. Wall says he met with Chief Darcy Bear recently and says this situation is “brand new territory”, because funding would...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2011 | Current News
A hunter from Staten Island, New York has been charged after a hunting accident which injured a guide last week near Meadow Lake. The incident happened around 6:00 pm last Thursday, about 65 km south of Meadow Lake. RCMP say a gun accidentally discharged, hitting the...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2011 | Current News
Fifteen people have been named to receive the 19th annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards next February. They include actor Adam Beach in the arts category, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq in politics, and Richard Wagamese in media and communications....
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2011 | Current News
A group of youth from the Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region gathered in La Ronge last night to discuss the results of a three-year leadership program. Communities in the region were surveyed to find out what students in Grades 6 to 12 think can be done to...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2011 | Current News
RCMP in Ile-a-la-Crosse say reports of a man with a gun entering a populated community centre appear to be false. Yesterday, Mounties received word that someone with a concealed firearm had apparently entered the building housing St. Joseph’s hospital, Rossignol...
