by MBC News | Oct 21, 2013
A Winnipeg lawyer says he’s tired of seeing aboriginal offenders being given bail conditions they can’t live by. William Marks says for years, offenders were told to check in at a certain building in Winnipeg, as part of their weekly bail supervision. The problem was,...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013
A coalition of First Nations near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border say they’ve sold their first two loads of heavy oil. The Cold Lake First Nations joint venture says that’s approximately 377 barrels in all. Walter Janvier is a spokesperson for the group....
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013
It was slow going for motorists on highway 10 near Balcarres this afternoon. Idle No More protestors staged a three hour highway slowdown in a show of solidarity for the Elsipogtog first nation north of Moncton New Brunswick. About a dozen members of the band were...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013
The spokesman for an anti-racism group in the province says he doubts an upcoming inquest into the death of a First Nations teenager will really shed any new light on the case. Bob Hughes of the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism says the family of 19 year-old...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013
Well it took longer than many people expected but a new vice-chief has been elected at the Saskatoon Tribal Council. Last night Mark Arcand unseated the incumbent, Geraldine Arcand, to win the title. Mark Arcand is a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and spent six...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2013
Sexual touching, attempted intercourse, giving alcohol to minors and showing them pornographic pictures were some of the allegations leveled against a former employee of the Beauval Indian Residential School during a trial in a Battlefords court room on Thursday. Paul...
