by MBC News | Feb 5, 2016
Photo courtesy Tuuluuwak Dog Sleds on Facebook. After last year’s Canadian Challenge officials forced a Quebec-born Cree teen to quit out of concern for her dog’s safety, she spent the past year rebuilding her racing skills from the ground up. Laquasha...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2016
Punnichy RCMP are still seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 15 year-old girl. Maykaylah Dustyhorn-Poorman was reported missing on January 27th and RCMP say they have recieved no new information in locating her. She was last seen at the Punnichy...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2016
Regina Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Ellen Gunn will spend two days giving the jury instructions at a Regina murder trial involving the starvation death of a four-year-old girl and serious harm to her two-year-old sister. She began this afternoon, explaining...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2016
From left: Former councillor Warren McCallum stands with Chief Peter Beatty at an event with veterans. Photo courtesy pbcnurbanoffice.ca Instead of spending Thursday monitoring a by-election for Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation’s urban councillor position, the...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2016
A decision has yet to be made on when La Loche’s Community School’s doors will open to students, in the wake of a mass shooting. The Northern Lights School Division is confirming that the school will stay closed at least until February 22nd, but nothing is set...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2016
An indigenous woman who’s spent decades working to bring justice to her people got a big honour last weekend. University of Saskatchewan researcher and associate professor Alex Wilson’s niece was in Winnipeg to accept her “Nellie” award for...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2016
Grand opening of the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre. Photo courtesy @usask on Twitter The president of the University of Saskatchewan says the new Aboriginal student centre on campus will open the doors to First Nations culture and students. The Gordon Oakes Red...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2016
A resolution session at SUMA’s 2016 conference. Photo courtesy @SUMA_amplify on Twitter. Northern Saskatchewan municipalities got some commitments and a lot of support for their concerns at the annual SUMA convention in Regina. Last summer’s wildfires are...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2016
Left to right: Dr. Marie Wilson, Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair and Chief Wilton Littlechild. Photo courtesy umanitoba.ca/nctr The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is calling on Canadian law schools to incorporate Indigenous teachings within their curricula in a...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2016
Raymond Knife’s current court files. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski A man who’s charged with carrying a machete and chasing a woman down the street in Prince Albert is going to trial. Raymond Knife, 34, has been in custody since August of last year, when there...
