by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
A life sentence has been given to a man charged in the fatal shooting of a resident in La Loche last year. Richie Herman pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of second-degree murder. He was arrested after 29-year-old Mathew St. Pierre was gunned down in La Loche on...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
The RCMP’s Historical Case Unit is reviewing the unsolved murder of an Onion Lake woman which dates back to June, 2007. The body of 48-year-old Jeanette Chief was found by a fisherman in a small body of water north of Lloydminster. Chief had last been seen...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
A northern Saskatchewan chief is weighing in on a new piece of legislation introduced in Parliament this week. The First Nations Election Act is designed to provide bands with stronger governments. Among other things, it stipulates that First Nations who run their...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations will be honouring its “founding fathers” this evening. A gala celebration with musical guest Buffy Sainte-Marie at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park will mark the FSIN’s 65th Anniversary celebrations. In...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
Getting to school will be cheaper for almost 2,700 Aboriginal post-secondary students in Saskatoon next month. Bus passes modelled on the University of Saskatchewan passes will be available at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and the First Nations...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
The Prince Albert Grand Council’s 15th annual First Nations language festival is underway at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium today. Roughly 70 students from three different schools made it to the city for the event. Throughout the day, participants are...
