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...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
A total of $30,000 will be awarded to students living on First Nations in the province as part of BHP Billiton’s annual scholarship program for 2017. The Indigenous recipients are: Chenessa Gardipy, Kellsie Gamble, Brittani Gamble and Kelsey Desjarlais from...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
Red Earth First Nation resident, Edwin Whitehead, won $200,000 after purchasing a scratch-off ticket in Nipawin. The seven-dollar ticket was purchased at Par-A-Mar Foods in Nipawin and contained the top prize of the LUCKY LINES EXTRAVAGANZA game. Whitehead says he was...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
Organizers of a new event coming to Saskatoon this April are hoping innovation will be key in turning around Saskatchewan’s resource sector. The International Minerals Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
RCMP say a 32-year-old woman is unaccounted for following a house fire on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation yesterday. RCMP say the Loon Lake Fire Department was already on the scene when Mounties arrived at about 3 a.m. Sunday. According to police, a number of...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
Four men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a Pelican Narrows teen. Seven individuals, including two youths, were initially charged with second-degree murder as a result of the beating death of Hilliard Sewap, Jr. in May of 2015....
