by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
The Hatchet Lake First Nation has re-elected its sitting chief to another two-year term. It’s the third time Bart Tsannie has been chosen to lead the First Nation. On Friday he defeated two other challengers in a general election. Two councilors were also...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
A mine-rescue team from Cameco celebrated a pair of victories this weekend at the 45th annual Emergency Response/Mine Rescue Awards in Saskatoon. Underground and surface rescue teams displayed their skills and talents in 5 categories including fire fighting and first...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
The Wandering Spirit Grave-site in Battleford has been vandalized. It’s the site where the bodies of eight First Nations warriors were dumped after being hung in Fort Battleford in 1885. Chief Wandering Spirit and 7 other men were accused of killing nine settlers and...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
A 38-year-old woman from Red Earth First Nation died when the vehicle she was in went into water. The crash on the reserve happened around 6:30 Saturday morning. Investigators say the car remained upright, but was partially submerged. The woman was pronounced dead at...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
All former students of the Timber Bay School can do now is wait and see if a judge agrees with their application to qualify under the Indian residential school settlement agreement. A hearing into the matter wrapped up last week at Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon....
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
The head of the Assembly of First Nations says the high prison incarceration rates of Indigenous people are a direct result of the under funding of Aboriginal education. Shawn Atleo was speaking before the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa last...
