by MBC News | Aug 6, 2013
A group of about 20 angry protesters rallied in front of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan offices in Saskatoon on Monday afternoon. At issue is who runs the Métis Nation and a set of audited financial statements. The protesters accuse MNS President Robert Doucette of...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2013
A large low-pressure system is causing smoky conditions in La Ronge. Scott Wasylenchuk, of the provincial fire centre, says the system is sitting over Northern Manitoba and causing air to flow counter clock-wise. As a result he says smoke is coming in from that...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2013
Chief Roger Redman and six band councillors were sworn in this morning on the Standing Buffalo first nation in the Qu’Appelle valley about 80 kilometers northeast of Regina. They were elected to new terms following an election on Friday. Accountability and...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2013
It was a day to remember for a young family on the Montreal Lake First Nation. On Saturday paramedics rushed to the reserve for a report of a woman about to give birth. Spokesman Lyle Karasiuk says when they got there they found the woman was in advanced labour, and...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2013
Wet weather has taken its toll on this year’s wild-rice crop according to a local expert. Lynn Riese of Canadian Lakes Wild Rice says northern Saskatchewan received a lot of rain this summer and it can’t take much more: “Well it’s not looking good in a lot of places....
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2013
The president of the Native Women’s Association says it was the “Highway of Tears” that helped convince her group to launch a postering campaign aimed at female hitch-hikers. Since 1969 at least 18 women, almost all of whom were First Nations or Metis,...
