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...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for a seat at the table when it comes to developing Canada’s energy policy. Shawn Atleo spoke this morning at an Aboriginal business symposium in Saskatoon. The national leader says it wasn’t...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012
Federal New Democrats introduced a motion today calling on the Tory government to close the funding gap between what First Nation schools receive and what provincial school systems receive. NDP Leader Nycole Turmel says “there is simply no excuse for why First...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012
Statistics Canada has started a preliminary investigation into population figures for the Town of La Ronge. Mayor Thomas Sierzycki launched an appeal after the latest census indicated the town’s population had dropped by about 15% since 2006. Sierzycki says he...
by MBC News | Feb 15, 2012
A former minister of health within the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is going to jail for his role in defrauding MACSI. Albert Delaire was sentenced late yesterday afternoon to one year in the Saskatoon Correctional Centre to be followed by one year probation....
