by MBC News | Jun 23, 2014
Corner Gas actor Lorne Cardinal will be hosting this year’s Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards. The gala awards show is being held at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg on September 12. Saskatchewan Aboriginal artists were among those nominated....
by MBC News | Jun 20, 2014
Northern Manitoba NDP MP Niki Ashton was in La Ronge Friday gaining feedback from Aboriginal stakeholders on how to combat violence against women. Ashton tabled a private member’s bill last year that calls on the Harper government to put forward a national action plan...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2014
Hundreds of people gathered for the 10th annual “Honouring Our Brothers and Sisters Memorial Walk” in Prince Albert on Thursday. This year’s walk honoured four people who have gone missing or been murdered including a homeless woman who was viciously assaulted in...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2014
The head of the process that oversees Indian residential schools compensation claims is calling for all records of student abuse to be destroyed. Chief Adjudicator of the independent assessment process Dan Shapiro says in a release the only way the promise of...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2014
Police are investigating a house fire that occurred in the northern community of Deschambault Lake on Tuesday. RCMP were called to the burning residence around 7 p.m. where an officer entered and rescued a 21-year-old female from the home. The woman had been sleeping...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2014
A Regina magazine says it continues to be frustrated in its quest for information from the Northern Village of Pinehouse. Briarpatch magazine editor Andrew Loewen says for over a year the publication has been trying to get financial details of a $200 million...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2014
Roughly 124 Indigenous communities and businesses came together this week at the Aboriginal Business Match conference in Saskatoon. The three-day conference offered numerous 20-minute meetings allowing Aboriginal representatives to find out whether a particular...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2014
Longtime Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox has been returned to office for another term. Fox fended off five challengers in Wednesday’s band election. However, the Onion Lake band council will have a new look with just three incumbents being re-elected. Joe...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2014
New video surveillance footage may help police find the assailants in a horrific attack in Prince Albert. A homeless woman was viciously assaulted and burned in downtown Prince Albert on June 1. There have been reports that both of her legs had to be amputated and her...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2014
The Onion Lake Cree Nation held its chief and council elections Wednesday. Six candidates were vying for chief including incumbent Wallace Fox. Those challenging for chief include Tommy Chief, Leo Paul, Tony Stanley, Delores Phyllis Pahtayken and Glen F. Waskewitch....
