by MBC News | Dec 10, 2015
The NDP says it will hold the Liberal government’s feet to the fire on the long list of promises and commitments it has made to Canada’s First Nations people. Party leader Thomas Mulcair made the pledge on Thursday during an address to a special chiefs...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2015
The City of Prince Albert and Transwest Air are working through some turbulence. A year-long dispute over money owed to the City from TransWest Air – or whether it owed money at all, depending on who you talked to – ran into a wall last week. The City...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2015
File Hills First Nations Police Service. Photo submitted File Hills First Nations police are shedding light on a home invasion that left a man dead on Thursday. Two homes were broken into on Little Black Bear First Nation late that night, and investigators say the...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2015
The former bank and accounting firm that the Whitecap Dakota First Nation is suing, blames the band for allowing a $6 million fraud to happen. The Royal Bank and KPMG filed separate statements of defense last month in Saskatoon. The Royal Bank claims the Whitecap...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2015
The staggering number of indigenous children under the care of social services departments across Canada was the focus of discussions at a special meeting of the assembly of First Nations in Quebec on Wednesday. In Manitoba, more than 11,000 children – mostly...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2015
Christie Napope and Tamara Wolfe. Photo by Chelsea Lakowski The family and friends of a Prince Albert man who went missing more than six months ago have more questions than answers. Troy Cecil Napope, 23, a One Arrow band member, was last seen leaving a party in...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2015
Construction of the new recycling facility in Buffalo Narrows. Photo courtesy SARCAN Officials with SARCAN are working toward the opening of a new recycling facility in Buffalo Narrows. Construction is underway and it is hoped residents of the region can begin using...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2015
The Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association is partnering with the STARS air ambulance to spread the message of snowmobile safety. Officials say with the warm weather we’ve been getting this fall, extra cautions should be taken around bodies of water. STARS Flight...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2015
Kathy Hodgson-Smith is co-counsel in the harvesting rights case. There’s still a ways to go for a harvesting rights case out of Meadow Lake. An entire week was set aside to hear community testimony relating to Metis men who were hunting and fishing without...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2015
FSIN Vice Chief Heather Bear (right) speaking with youth during the AFN Special Chief’s Assembly. Photo credit Robert Cote First Nations organizations from across the country reacted on Tuesday, to the announcement of the federal inquiry into missing and...
