by MBC News | Jan 11, 2018
Nine people are in custody after police in Prince Albert seized a plethora of drugs and firearms when executing a search warrant on Tuesday. Upon entering a residence, officers found a 16-gauge sawed-off shotgun, a .22 sawed-off rifle, a .22 calibre sawed-off rifle, a...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2018
For the next three months, First Nations communities across Saskatchewan will have free access to advice from professional dietitians. The Dietitians of Canada have partnered with the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch to launch the new Eat Well Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2018
The federal government is significantly boosting funding for the First Nations police program. Public Safety Minister, Ralph Goodale, announced a new five-year agreement today that will see a 57 per cent increase between now and 2023. There are two types of policing...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2018
RCMP say the body of one person has been found following a fire Sunday on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. The blaze was called in around 3 a.m. and members of the Loon Lake Fire Department responded. Investigators say an autopsy will be done today to confirm the...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2018
Growth in grade averages of treaty education assessments is being celebrated by the Prairie Valley School Division. The growth is cited as one of many achievements reached by the school division over the past four years. “As a school division, we are expected to...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2018
A new film premiering on APTN later this week is examining life on Manitoba’s trapline. A Life on the Line depicts Sam Karney’s journey, a Metis Manitoban who recently returned from a life in the city to work on his father’s trapline. Like many...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2018
Big River First Nation is celebrating a donation of 100 sets of hockey and golf equipment from Sports Central in Edmonton and the Saskatoon Blades. “I think it’s really important to develop leadership and leaders through sports and recreation, and getting our...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
Jared John Charles, the man suspected of abducting an eight-year-old girl in Prince Albert, has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault. The suspect originally came to public attention after a girl was abducted at a playground in the city on July 4 and found...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
A 44-year-old man from Pelican Narrows has died in the northern community’s RCMP detachment cells. RCMP say the man was found unresponsive in his cell yesterday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene. Very few details have been released on the incident,...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
The chief of the Onion Lake Cree Nation does not like the provincial government’s approach to licensing private marijuana stores in the province. Wallace Fox says it is arbitrary and fails to respect the sovereignty of First Nations when it comes to jurisdiction and...
