by MBC News | May 21, 2013
A scandal on the Pheasant Rump first nation in South-east Saskatchewan has torn the small community apart. The chief, Terrence McArthur, has admitted to inappropriately touching a teenaged girl on the reserve in April of 2012. He will be sentenced in a Carlyle...
by MBC News | May 21, 2013
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is objecting to how a new provincial park has been created. Great Blue Heron Park is located in the Anglin and Emma lake area and expected to begin operating this summer. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says her people are concerned about...
by MBC News | May 21, 2013
Members of the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation will go to the polls to elect a new chief and council on May 31. Incumbent chief Bart Tsannie is being challenged by Nancy Hansen Joseyounen and Edward Benoanie. Eleven candidates are also running for six council positions. Paul...
by MBC News | May 17, 2013
The head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says Elijah Harper changed the face of Canadian politics. Harper, best remembered as the Manitoba MLA who cast the vote against the Meech Lake Accord thereby stopping the controversial constitutional agreement...
by MBC News | May 17, 2013
A fire-investigator says he still runs into cases of people who light fires in the bush hoping to spark employment. Ken Ness is teaching a wildfire-origin course in Prince Albert. A long-time expert on what causes fires, he says there are many motives for setting...
by MBC News | May 17, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says a growing First Nations population will put increased demand on the province’s water supply. Suren Kulshreshtha, a professor in the Department of Agriculture, was presenting Friday morning at the National Food Security Forum...
