by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde and Cindy Blackstock. Photo courtesy of AFN. The Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society have launched a new push to get the federal government to comply with a Human Rights Tribunal ruling on the care...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Marcel Marin. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Marcel Marin of Yellowknife/Saint James came across the line in La Ronge first in the eight-dog event of the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race. Anna Bolvin of Porcupine Plain, SK finished in second, while Jillian Lawton of...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Photo courtesy of Facebook. In the mid-2000’s, the North Central Minor Hockey League started in Saskatchewan, but the league ended up folding in 2010. The league started up again at the beginning of this current hockey season. “This summer, I bounced the word...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
File photo. A suspended band councillor from Key First Nation facing drug charges has been approved for electronic monitoring and released on $1,000 bail. Clarence Papequash, 64, was in Yorkton court on Wednesday to seek bail on 10 charges: five for drug possession...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
Murder victim Mark Clarence Michel. Photo courtesy Facebook. Investigators are revealing the identity of a Pelican Narrows murder victim. Mark Clarence Michel, 16, died around 1 a.m. on Tuesday of “what appeared to be gunshot wounds,” an RCMP news release states....
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
The demolition before and after. Photo courtesy Northern Village Ile-a-la-Crosse, Facebook. Anyone who went through the Ile-a-la-Crosse Boarding School system has the chance to watch a video the demolition of the former boy’s dormitory, which was broadcast live...
