by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011
A 63-year-old man from Southend was recently rescued by a police helicopter after becoming stranded at his cabin on Reindeer Lake. RCMP say the man set out by boat on November 10th and was reported overdue on November 29th — 15 days after he was scheduled to...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011
A spokesperson for Aboriginal women says the federal government provides good housing for its employees in Canada’s far north — and if it can do that, it should be able to do the same for remote Aboriginal communities. Native Women’s Association of...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011
The federal government needs to support the education of First Nations children now and not bring in more legislation, according to a new independent report by three First Nations groups. Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief Simon Bird says the...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011
RCMP have arrested three people and have issued arrest warrants for two others following a fatal stabbing last week in Fort Qu’Appelle. Police say 23-year-old Cassidy Aaron Goforth of the Peepeekisis First Nation faces a charge of robbery with violence. A second...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2011
A Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation tribunal has rejected an appeal launched by one of the candidates in the band’s chief election earlier this year. Harold Linklater lost to incumbent chief Darrell McCallum by nine votes. Linklater was denied a recount, despite the...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2011
A woman charged with attacking another woman with a hatchet on a northern Saskatchewan reserve nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Thirty-one-year-old Jennifer Walker was arrested after the incident in Sucker River on January 10th, 2010....
