Advance votes more than double in northern Sask.

by | Oct 15, 2015

This year, Canadians already knew the federal election advance polling numbers were high – and now they know where all these ballots were cast. Elections Canada has released estimates for each riding. In the Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River riding, about...

Band office attack in B.C. leaves 1 dead, at least 10 injured

by | Oct 14, 2015

One man is dead and as many as 10 people are hurt, some with life-threatening injuries, after a man walked into the Bridge River Indian Band office in Lillooet, B.C., armed with a hammer. Michaela Swan with the Interior Health Authority says it’s caring for two...
Fond du Lac RCMP officer subject of internal investigation

Fond du Lac RCMP officer subject of internal investigation

by | Oct 14, 2015

Saskatchewan’s RCMP is moving ahead with an internal investigation of one of its own officers. The RCMP suspended Constable Aiden Pratchett the day after investigators seized his devices in the northern community of Fond du Lac in October of 2014, as part of a child...

Saskatchewan Sergeant at Arms appalled at public urinators

by | Oct 14, 2015

Saskatchewan’s Sergeant at Arms has lost his patience with public urinators using the legislative building as a place to relieve themselves. For three or four years now, party buses have been pulling up to the legislative building and letting passengers off who then...

Research follows the money trail

by | Oct 14, 2015

The CD Howe Institute says nearly two-thirds of the money generated by on-reserve economic activity in Ontario is being spent on band administration. Senior policy analyst, Benjamin Dachis, says whether that is too high is not for the institute to judge, but he says...