by MBC News | Jun 21, 2015
Two people were taken to hospital following a collision involving a police vehicle and a pickup on the Fishing Lake First Nation. Wadena RCMP say the crash happened around 6:00am Saturday at an intersection on the main grid road on the reserve. The RCMP officer...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015
Family violence is the number one factor in missing and murdered Aboriginal women. That is the conclusion of an analysis of the numbers and a progress report one year after the RCMP released its report into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Over a 22-year period,...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015
The Conference Board of Canada issued a report that northern communities need to heal from the effects of Indian Residential Schools as part of a northern economic growth plan. The report focused on how the north can plan for economic growth identifying three...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015
All across the country, Canadians will celebrate National Aboriginal Day on Sunday. In Saskatoon, the University of Saskatchewan will celebrate the day with a lineup of dignitaries and entertainers. It will also be marking the 55th anniversary of the Aboriginal right...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015
Bart Tsannie has been elected to another term as chief of the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation. Tsannie received 311 votes in yesterday’s election — roughly 130 votes more than his nearest rival, Ed Benoanie, Sr. This is Tsannie’s fourth term as...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015
A Saskatoon elementary school received a $68,000 grant from the Indigo chain of bookstores today. The Westmount Elementary School will use the money to buy books for students and improve their library. Principal Nicola Bishop-Yong says the school is on the path to...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2015
Manitoba has become the first province to formally apologize to Aboriginal adoptees for taking them from their homes and placing them with non-Native families. Premier Greg Selinger delivered the apology in the provincial legislature following a ceremony for those who...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2015
Leading experts on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder say the condition is under-reported, highly stigmatized and misunderstood. They are trying to change that by sharing research during a national conference being staged at the Saskatchewan legislative building this...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2015
Dillon RCMP are investigating an ATV crash which took the life of a 19-year-old man. The incident on Highway 925 happened around 4:15 Wednesday morning. Police say two men and a woman were involved in the crash involving a quad. A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2015
Prince Albert RCMP are continuing their investigation after a man went missing last month. Troy Cecil Napope was last seen in Prince Albert on May 28 and on that same morning RCMP investigated a burnt out car on Whitfield Road north of Highway 3. The RCMP say the...
