by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016
The Green Party is hoping to resonate with northern Saskatchewan in next week’s provincial election. Cumberland candidate Michael Lessard says the Green perspective on protecting the land is in line with aboriginal values. But Lessard’s big message to northern...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016
An aboriginal advocacy group in Saskatchewan says political candidates have been silent on indigenous issues during the election campaign. The Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan says political parties in the province have not released any platforms directly...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016
Prince Albert police are releasing more information about the daring escape of an accused killer. Braidy Chase Vermette, 29, was being taken to hospital for treatment of an injury to his arm after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday. When the corrections officers arrived at the...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016
RCMP are investigating a suspicious death on the Muskowekwan First Nation, north-east of Regina. They were called to the reserve shortly after 1 p.m. afternoon on Wednesday after receiving a report of an unresponsive man in a home on the First Nation. The man was...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
A Saskatchewan man faces a murder charge in the death of a man who was found critically injured at a Regina home. Fifty-six-year-old Andre Joseph Aubertin was found at the house on Tuesday after officers responded to a weapons call. Police say he was later pronounced...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
Elgin “Chucky” Sasakamoose. Photo courtesy Facebook. A large, well-known family from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation is in mourning after a shooting on the reserve on Tuesday. The family of Fred Sasakamoose, who was the first aboriginal man to play in the NHL, has...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
Roman Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon, Donald Bolen. The Catholic Church in Canada is expressing its support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Bishops across the country signed onto two separate documents this week outlining the...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale hinted at more funding and expanding the First Nations policing program during an address to the Indigenous Public Safety and Policing forum being held in Regina. Goodale says the program is long overdue for a major overhaul. Right...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
Residents of La Ronge and nearby communities like Wadin Bay and Napitak may notice an increase in landfill fees. The new fees take effect on Friday, but for the average person, there will not be much of a change. Local residents will still be able to deliver up to two...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2016
After a day-long search for the person responsible for a fatal shooting on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, the RCMP says the suspect died in the presence of officers around 5 p.m. on Tuesday. In a news release issued Tuesday night, the RCMP stated they located a 59-year-old...
