by MBC News | Feb 16, 2012
Treaty commissioner Bill McKnight is calling it quits. The man who heads up the Office of the Treaty Commissioner spoke to the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations legislative assembly this morning for the final time. McKnight’s mandate ends in March and he...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2012
The provincial government and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations have apparently begun some early discussions about the next gaming agreement. Alphonse Bird, a former chief of the FSIN, touched on the issue yesterday at the FSIN winter legislative assembly...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2012
The NDP is calling on the Saskatchewan government to increase cell phone coverage in the province’s north. Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger says communities like Turnor Lake, Canoe Lake, Southend, Patuanak and Dillon have little or no coverage. Belanger says many...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2012
An upcoming deadline regarding the boreal caribou draft recovery strategy has caught the attention of the La Ronge and District Chamber of Commerce. That’s why it is taking the unusual step of inviting members of the public to one of its meetings tonight to hear...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2012
A Little Pine First Nation man charged with stabbing another man in the neck has been granted bail. Steven Kasokeo was released on $300 bail in North Battleford Provincial Court today. He is scheduled to be back in court in Cut Knife next month. Police began searching...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations got an earful today at the opening session of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations winter legislative assembly. Shawn Atleo was present when a resolution condemning an AFN action plan on dealing with the...
