by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
It appears youth in Northern Saskatchewan may be more likely to vote provincially and federally if they could see some tangible benefits. Professor Bonita Beatty of the University of Saskatchewan helped conduct a survey that looked at voter trends in the north. She...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
A 31-year-old man who escaped from a minimum security institution last week has been arrested in Saskatoon. Royce Virgil Bear was one of two men who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge in Duck Lake on Jan. 27. About 3:30 p.m. yesterday police located Bear in...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
A researcher for an aboriginal think-tank says it’s an exciting time for he and his colleagues. Dr. Ryan Walker is the director of the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network’s prairie centre. He says today’s launch of the organization’s new website is just one of the many...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
The CEO of the Hatchet Lake First Nation says she’s hoping an ice-road to the community could be open within the next few days. Ann Robillard says it couldn’t come at a better time as supplies are starting to run low. She adds construction of the road-link began three...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2013
A La Ronge man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Jimmy Ross was charged in September of 2011 with the death of 23 year-old Jason Charles. Charles’ body was found at a house on Far Reserve. Ross was originally charged with first-degree murder but ended...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2013
The Saskatoon Health Region announced this morning it will soon be opening Aboriginal health service units at St. Paul’s and Royal University hospitals to better serve its First Nations and Métis patients. The Aboriginal health service units will provide clinical,...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2013
Municipal leaders waiting for an infrastructure announcement from the provincial government at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention this morning will have to keep waiting – at least for the time being anyway. In his address to the convention,...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2013
Close ties between Chinese people and First Nations are a natural fit according to a residential schools advocate in British Columbia. Bill Chu is the chairman of the Canadians for Reconciliation Society. Chu recently wrote a public letter calling on the Harper...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2013
A foster mother charged with criminal negligence causing the death of an Aboriginal toddler has been found not guilty. In rendering his decision Friday, Justice Neil Gabrielson said although Eunice Wudrich failed to provide proper care when 22-month-old Evander Lee...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2013
Sentencing for Poundmaker Chief Duane Antoine and seven others charged with Treaty Land Entitlement fraud has been postponed to Mar. 8. Sentencing was supposed to be handed down Friday in North Battleford but new documents sent to the Crown and court have delayed the...
