by MBC News | Aug 10, 2012
A 28-year-old Regina Metis woman was among the new recruits who took the oath of office to become members of the Regina Police Service today. Samantha Geiger has wanted to be a police officer for as long as she can remember. Hundreds of applicants applied, but...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2012
A healing event for residential school survivors in the La Ronge area was attended by about 200 people yesterday. A boat burning was held at a high school located on a Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve. Elder Catherine Charles took part in the ceremony. She says it is...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2012
First Nations from Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan are joining together for a challenge of the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement of 1930. Aboriginal leaders wrapped up a summit on the issue in Prince Albert yesterday. They all agree the government must start...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2012
Regina police have issued a public advisory about the release of a prisoner into the community. Police say 35-year-old Jason Paul Thorne is considered to be a high risk for re-offending. Thorne has a history of committing violent and sexual offences involving threats...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2012
Thirty-two candidates are officially in the running for next month’s Metis Nation – Saskatchewan election. Six of them are running for president. Incumbent leader Robert Doucette is being challenged by Saskatoon’s Maureen Belanger, Ray Laliberte of...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2012
CMHC says it cannot provide more money for on-reserve housing because it doesn’t have the money. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation issued that statement in response to a Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations’ news release. The FSIN says the...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2012
Residential school survivors in the La Ronge area will see some bad memories go up in flames today. Members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have been invited to write their memories of the schools on paper, and then put those notes in a replica of a boat that was used...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2012
This year’s resource summit in Prince Albert is now in the books and leaders are declaring it a success. Chiefs from Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan spent the week talking resources and discussing what strategy should be used to deal with the government....
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2012
The John Arcand Fiddle Fest is celebrating its 15th anniversary today. The Fiddle Fest features a series of nine fiddle workshops just southwest of Saskatoon and runs until Sunday. Arcand’s wife, Vicki, says this year, they’ve expanded their cultural...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2012
The James Smith Cree Nation has been partially evacuated. At least 80 people have fled their homes due to rising flood waters on the reserve. Chief Wally Burns says many of the evacuees are staying in nearby Melfort until things dry out. He says heavy rains have been...
