by MBC News | Jun 17, 2014
Thirty-one First Nations organizations say they plan on challenging Enbridge’s controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project in court. The announcement comes in the wake of a decision by the Harper government on Tuesday that gives the green light to the project as...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2014
A veteran RCMP officer is in a Saskatoon hospital recovering from a serious head injury. Sergeant Craig Cleary says the off-duty officer was involved in an ATV rollover on Bay Road, just outside of Wollaston Lake. The identity of the officer has not been released. The...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2014
Officials with Saskatchewan Environment are seeking the public’s assistance regarding a fishing violation on Little Waterhen Lake. On May 31, an unmarked net was removed from the southeast side of the lake. The net contained a large number of fish that had been left...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2014
The provincial government is investing $150,000 to help improve the educational attainment rates of students from the Yorkton Tribal Council. The announcement was made Tuesday morning at the education complex on the Cote First Nation. The investment will help fund a...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2014
A vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is stepping down. Simon Bird has tendered his resignation and is taking on a position as the superintendent of education with the Stoney Nakoda Tribal Authority in Morley, Alberta. Bird says he had...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2014
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has adopted a “Northern Roads Expansion and Enhancement” policy. The goal is to increase infrastructure in northern areas of the province to generate more economic activity. The idea is that both business and existing communities...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014
A 29-year-old Pelican Narrows man made a court appearance in the community Monday after a weekend of violence. Travis Alphonse Sewap is facing several charges after three teens were hospitalized with gunshot wounds early Saturday morning. Mounties say a man emerged...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014
Human remains recently found on the Muskowekwan First Nation have been identified as those of a missing 32-year-old man from the reserve. Fenton Blair Albert was reported missing in early April. His remains were found last Tuesday by a local resident. An autopsy was...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014
Two La Loche residents have been hospitalized with serious injuries after an ATV accident on Sunday night. RCMP say the accident happened around 11:20 p.m. near a creek in the northern community. A 37-year-old woman and 37-year-old man were riding the ATV on a quad...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014
An Aboriginal business conference that produced more than $30 million in new business deals in British Columbia has come to Saskatchewan. The Aboriginal Business Match conference is getting underway this week at Teachers’ Credit Union Place in Saskatoon. It is a...
