by MBC News | Mar 13, 2015
Fourteen First Nations elders were honoured with ceremonial badges today for the work they do on an advisory board for the Saskatoon Police Service. The Chief’s Advisory Committee has been advising the Saskatoon police chief on Aboriginal relations for over...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2015
A forum for survivors of the residential school in Ile a la Crosse will be held tomorrow in the northern village. The boarding school — which was in operation from 1884 to 1976 — is not recognized as such by the federal government, which means former...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2015
A rally is planned in Saskatoon tomorrow to protest Bill C-51, the federal government’s new anti-terrorism legislation. Organizers for the protest say the new bill aims to label small examples of civil disobedience and activism as terrorism. They say they do not want...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2015
Saskatoon’s mayor is in training for a special event that will take place on National Aboriginal Day. The Inaugural Mayor’s Marathon Day aims to raise funds for an extension of the Meewasin trail from Whitecap Dakota First Nation to Wanuskewin Heritage Park. The run...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2015
It was over 36 hours and 2,600 km for two Saskatchewan Roughriders traveling across northern Saskatchewan this week. Fullback Neal Hughes and offensive lineman Dan Clark started their journey in Saskatoon and travelled to Pelican Narrows, Southend, Stony Rapids and...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2015
A guard at the RCMP detachment in Meadow Lake is accused of sexually assaulting a woman being held in custody. The alleged incident came to light after the detachment commander reviewed video of the detachment’s cell block area on Tuesday. The footage showed the...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2015
Charges are pending after a truck carrying 17 people was stopped Tuesday afternoon north of Prince Albert. RCMP say a southbound newer model pickup was clocked doing 136-kilometers per hour on Highway 2, about seven kilometers from the city. When the vehicle was...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2015
The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations says proposed anti-terror legislation sets up “conditions for conflict” with First Nations. Perry Bellegarde made the remarks this morning before a Commons Standing Committee reviewing Bill C-51. He...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2015
The Cumberland House Cree Nation will be served by the same chief for another three years. Lorne Stewart was acclaimed to the position at yesterday’s nomination meeting. This is his third term as leader of the First Nation. There are four positions on council...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2015
Members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders will be in northern Saskatchewan today talking to local students about anti-bullying. Fullback Neal Hughes and offensive lineman Dan Clark began their journey through the north on Wednesday with stops in Southend and Pelican...
