by MBC News | Feb 8, 2013
Former Corner Gas star Lorne Cardinal will be the keynote speaker at a major fundraiser in Saskatoon tonight. The Hearts For Hope gala is a fundraiser for Family Service Saskatoon. Deborah Byron-Sarauer, the executive director of the organization, says money raised...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2013
Ottawa has announced it will appeal a landmark federal court ruling which vastly expands the ranks of people considered “Indians” under the Constitution. The Daniels decision says Métis and non-status Indians do fall under the constitutional heading of “Indian’”...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2013
Saskatoon will be the site of a regional meeting on First Nations education this Friday. The Saskatoon meeting will be the second in a series of discussions on Aboriginal education to be held around the country. The aim is to improve educational outcomes of First...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2013
Is it a lull in the storm or is Idle No More starting to fizzle out? Dr. Alexandria Wilson is part of the international arm of the organization and says the movement is gaining momentum and credibility but has shifted the way it is delivering its message. “It’s really...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2013
A woman accused of fatally stabbing a man in Grandmother’s Bay has been granted bail. Mary Roberts is due back in a La Ronge court on Mar. 4. She faces one count of second-degree murder. Last November the body of 37-year-old Adam Eninew was discovered outside a...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2013
It looks like municipalities hoping for either a new infrastructure or revenue sharing program will have to wait until the provincial budget. With the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention wrapping up in Saskatoon today, the government remains...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2013
The Prince Albert police service is reporting a large drop in crime statistics. According to numbers supplied by the department, officers responded to 1,071 fewer complaints in 2012 than the year before. Crimes against people were also down 32 per cent. Police chief...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2013
The temporary homeless shelter in North Battleford will close by the end of the week if funding fails to come through. This is the warning from Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre Executive Director Janice Kennedy. Kennedy says the organization has run out...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2013
A 23 year-old man was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for killing another man he described as his best friend, and “like family”, on the Far Reserve in 2011. Jimmy Ross gave a rambling apology to the family of Jason Charles at Court of Queen’s Bench in...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
A First Nations man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after a drug deal apparently went wrong and resulted in the stabbing death of another man last summer. Last November, Arnold Isiah Halkett, a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, pleaded guilty to the...
