by MBC News | Feb 16, 2012 | Current News
An upcoming deadline regarding the boreal caribou draft recovery strategy has caught the attention of the La Ronge and District Chamber of Commerce. That’s why it is taking the unusual step of inviting members of the public to one of its meetings tonight to hear...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2012 | Current News
A Little Pine First Nation man charged with stabbing another man in the neck has been granted bail. Steven Kasokeo was released on $300 bail in North Battleford Provincial Court today. He is scheduled to be back in court in Cut Knife next month. Police began searching...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012 | Current News
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations got an earful today at the opening session of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations winter legislative assembly. Shawn Atleo was present when a resolution condemning an AFN action plan on dealing with the...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012 | Current News
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for a seat at the table when it comes to developing Canada’s energy policy. Shawn Atleo spoke this morning at an Aboriginal business symposium in Saskatoon. The national leader says it wasn’t...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012 | Current News
Federal New Democrats introduced a motion today calling on the Tory government to close the funding gap between what First Nation schools receive and what provincial school systems receive. NDP Leader Nycole Turmel says “there is simply no excuse for why First...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012 | Current News
Statistics Canada has started a preliminary investigation into population figures for the Town of La Ronge. Mayor Thomas Sierzycki launched an appeal after the latest census indicated the town’s population had dropped by about 15% since 2006. Sierzycki says he...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012 | Current News
A former minister of health within the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is going to jail for his role in defrauding MACSI. Albert Delaire was sentenced late yesterday afternoon to one year in the Saskatoon Correctional Centre to be followed by one year probation....
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012 | Current News
A man from Cumberland House is making a court appearance in Nipawin today on a drug-related charge. RCMP say 28-year-old Robert Dorion was arrested Tuesday evening around 10:00 p.m. A pickup truck was pulled over on Highway 123 and the vehicle was searched. Police say...
by MBC News | Feb 14, 2012 | Current News
A former campaign worker for the provincial NDP has pleaded guilty to attempting to utter forged documents. Ernest Morin made the plea today in provincial court. The charge was laid back in January of 2010 after RCMP investigated questionable sales of 1,100...
by MBC News | Feb 14, 2012 | Current News
An official with Cameco reports that around 100 workers at its Cigar Lake mine were recently hit with a stomach virus. Rob Gereghty says things are slowly returning to normal, but many workers took a day or two to recover from the illness. He adds two workers had to...
