by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
RCMP in Sandy Bay is investigating the freezing death of a 45 year-old woman. Details are sketchy but authorities say the woman’s body was discovered sometime Friday. The woman was found on the front porch of a home, not far from where she lived. Foul play is...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
A battle between two rival groups on the Standing Buffalo first nation turned ugly over the weekend. The dispute heated up when a new band council elected over the weekend tried to change the locks on the band office. Roberta Soo Oyewaste was elected as the band’s new...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
A three-week trial will begin this fall for a man accused of indecent assault of children at the Beauval Indian Residential School. Paul Leroux faces 17 charges. He was a former dormitory supervisor at the School from 1960 to 1967 and was charged after former students...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
Northern Saskatchewan municipalities are the big winners in a new revenue sharing pool with the province. Funding for northern municipalities will go up more than 18 per cent. Other municipalities will see a funding increase of an average of 11 per cent. Government...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
A new survey says negative attitudes toward Aboriginals in Canada are increasing. According to a survey conducted earlier this year, negative attitudes toward Indigenous people are on the rise – particularly amongst English Canadians. However, the survey finds...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
Voters on the Pelican Lake First Nation gave a stamp of approval to their chief this weekend. On Friday, the band voted Chief Dennis Lewis in for a second term. He defeated three other challengers to lay claim to the title. Joining him on the executive are returning...
