by MBC News | Sep 25, 2015
A charge of second-degree murder has been laid against a man from northern Saskatchewan following the discovery this week of a man’s body in southern Alberta. RCMP say Silas Kiseyinewakup, who was 36, was found Tuesday morning adjacent to a farm where he was...
by MBC News | Sep 25, 2015
A woman who skipped court after she was granted bail on armed robbery charges, is back behind bars. Carmine Patty Nayneecassum had already been released and approved for electronic monitoring in her father’s home on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation when she skipped court on...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation brought together aboriginal business suppliers and industry on Thursday. The band hosted its first-ever business forum to identify the opportunities in the oil, gas, and mining sectors. Whitecap Chief Darcy Bear says the band’s...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
This month, a Prince Albert inmate entered a guilty plea to assault and requested a penitentiary sentence before telling a judge, “I just want to get this thing over with.” Alfred Horace Young, 34, was serving time in a provincial facility when he attacked a fellow...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
An independent think tank says modern-day land claims are driving away resource development. The Fraser Institute says the courts are exercising too much discretion extending the agreements far beyond what was intended. The Institute used investment in the Yukon as an...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
If a Metis local leader has his way, a general assembly this weekend will see a controversial motion. Earlier this month, Green Lake Metis Nation president Kelvin Roy was part of a call to hold a Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) general assembly. The agenda for...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
Other areas of the province might take cell service for granted, but that’s not so in Wollaston Lake and Fond Du Lac First Nation. On Thursday, brand new cell towers in the two northern Saskatchewan communities took them from “little to no cellular service” to...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
Cameco officially opened one of the largest uranium mines in the world on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Cigar Lake mine. The grand opening comes after years of delays including flooding that threatened the multi-million dollar project. The...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
The province is committing another five years of funding for two programs that have allowed northern students to earn university degrees close to home. NORTEP provides aboriginal-specific teacher education degree programs with northern and Indigenous content. NORPAC...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
Statistics on aboriginal incarceration in Saskatchewan present strong odds that aboriginal youth have a better chance of ending up in jail than graduating from high school. The aboriginal graduation rate is about 40 per cent, while aboriginals make up 80 per cent of...
