by MBC News | Aug 9, 2013
The federal government is responding to the sexual assault conviction and imprisonment of a First Nations chief. This week a judge in Carlyle sentenced Pheasant Rump First Nation Chief Terrance McArthur to nine months in jail for the sexual assault of a 16-year-old...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2013
A First Nations woman from Winnipeg says she’s pleased a Canadian clothing company has decided to pull fake First Nations headdresses from its shelves. Last week, Kim Wheeler was shopping in Vancouver when she spotted the fake headdresses in an H&M Store. She...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2013
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says the federal government needs to recognize the strong response by provincial bands to draft their own education acts is evidence of how seriously they take this treaty right. The FSIN made the request earlier this year...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2013
The CRTC has renewed the operating license for the Aboriginal People’s Television Network. This means the network will continue to be included as part of a basic cable package until August 2018. As part of the renewal, APTN is required to broadcast an average of eight...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2013
The public is being asked to be on the lookout for a Saskatchewan man considered to be armed and dangerous. Twenty-three-year-old Joseph Wilfred Desjarlais is wanted for a string of break and enters that occurred in Invermay, Rama and Sheeho. Desjarlais is from the...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2013
A new support group for families dealing with the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women holds its first meeting in Saskatoon tonight. The goal of Project Hope is to provide an informal setting where people struggling with this issue can share their stories....
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2013
One of the co-founders of the Idle No More Movement is scheduled to speak at a major event in Toronto this week. Sheelah McLean will join former Prime Minister Paul Martin and Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo at the Couchiching Summer Conference. Started...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2013
Golden Band Resources says it has resumed full operations at its La Ronge Gold Project. Back in February, the company halted production at its Komis deposit and shut down the mill. A large turnover of company directors and administrative officials soon followed. An...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2013
The sixteenth annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest kicked off on Thursday. The festival runs to Sunday, just southwest of Saskatoon. Festival organizer Vicki Arcand says one of the new features this year is a cultural camp. “The cultural camp workshop is traditional hands...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2013
A man is in an Edmonton hospital after being hit by a helicopter blade while carrying out geological work north of La Loche.On Tuesday morning the man was one of three people to arrive at an exploration site near Forrest Lake.The helicopter, an AS-350, touched down on...
