by MBC News | Apr 1, 2014
The incumbent chief of the province’s largest First Nation has been re-elected. Tammy Cook-Searson was one of eight candidates running for chief in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s chief and council election yesterday. Unofficial results have her receiving...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2014
Members of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation have re-elected Chief Edward Henderson to another term in office. He defeated runner-up and former FSIN Chief Alphonse Bird by a vote count of 747 to 287 in the band’s recent election. The new band council consists of...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2014
The Saskatchewan government hopes a new investment in computer software will address some of the educational gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students. The government is investing $120,000 to include all First Nations schools in the provincial Microsoft...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014
The northern hamlet of Timber Bay has lost the only building it had for community functions to a weekend fire. The Saturday afternoon blaze completely levelled the hamlet’s recreation centre. Mayor Peggy Hennie says she cried all the way home after she got the...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014
The Little Pine First Nation wants to go it alone on two new casino proposals — one in Lloydminster, the other in Estevan. The band is willing to ante up tens of millions of dollars, but it first needs to win the approval of the provincial government. The...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014
Ten years after the last attempt to amend their election act, members of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation have given their blessing to a new election code. Seventy-six per cent of voters who took part in the band’s ratification vote this past Friday were in...
