by MBC News | Jan 15, 2013
China was the big player in last week’s Ontario fur auction. It was the Fur Harvesters Auction house’s most successful sale to date. Mark Downey, the CEO of Fur Harvesters Incorporated, says good prices were recorded on all levels with Chinese buyers leading the way....
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2013
A young man from Pelican Narrows has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years in the stabbing death of his grandmother. Riley Ballantyne, who was 20-years-old at the time of the attack, hugged family members at Court of Queen’s Bench...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2013
An organizer of the Idle No More movement says she’s disappointed by the results of Friday’s meeting between the Prime Minister and First Nations chiefs. Sylvia McAdam says she was hoping to hear that Stephen Harper had decided to remove contentious legislation...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2013
Conservative MP Rob Clarke would like to repeal the Indian Act but people attending a meeting in Saskatoon on Saturday were in no mood to hear the reasons why. The northern Saskatchewan MP was interrupted several times as he tried to explain a private member’s bill he...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2013
A group of First Nations leaders sat down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and several cabinet ministers in Ottawa on Friday but there were a lot of empty chairs at the table. Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde was one of several...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2013
Idle No More rallies took place in Regina and Saskatoon on Friday as part of a global day of protest. While First Nations leaders met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, a group of grannies braved the cold and drifts of snow in Regina as part of an organized...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2013
An Ontario First Nations Grand Council is voicing concern that the recent heightened attention surrounding the Idle No More rallies may lead to some negative backlash against its students. The Anishinabek Nation sent out a press release on Thursday urging schools...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2013
RCMP say their investigation will continue today into the events leading to an amber alert being issued for a 14-year-old Saskatchewan girl who is eight months pregnant. The missing teenager was declared safe after she and her boyfriend were brought to police last...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2013
An official with the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon says the phones have been ringing off the hook since a federal court decision earlier in the week that says Métis people should be recognized under the Canadian constitution. Tammy Vallee, the genealogist...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says this week’s landmark federal court decision that says Métis and non-status Indians should be recognized under the Canadian constitution could have a bearing on land claims. Dwight Newman says this week’s ruling essentially...
