by MBC News | Oct 28, 2015
Representatives from five agencies were on hand at the Municipal Wildfire Response Public Forum on Tuesday night. Over 100 people attended the forum in La Ronge last night, and got a detailed look at the emergency response which was put together to deal with wildfires...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2015
A First Nations educator is organizing a Saskatchewan First Nations spelling bee through Spelling Bee of Canada that will make provincial and national history. Poundmaker student support worker Pauline Favel says Spelling Bee of Canada’s nationals in Toronto has never...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2015
It was clear long before all the ballots were counted at Prince Albert Grand Council’s annual assembly that Joseph “Smy” Tsannie would be keeping his seat as Athabasca vice-chief. Tsannie was up against former vice-chief Don Deranger and activist Colleen Whitedeer....
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2015
It is looking like someone is $1.5 million richer after playing a slot machine at Prince Albert’s Northern Lights Casino. Someone hit the Smoke Signals progressive jackpot shortly after midnight this morning. The actual winning total was $1,565,819.28. The win...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2015
On Monday, Prince Albert Grand Council’s vice-chief said an agreement between its 12 member First Nations and the RCMP is “historic.” PAGC and the Mounties signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for search and rescue missions that will clear things up when...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2015
The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit is investigating a suspicious death on the Piapot First Nation. Mounties say a man was found dead outside a reserve residence today. Southey RCMP, the RCMP’s Regina General Investigation Section and its Forensic Identification...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2015
There’s a lot on the agenda for Prince Albert Grand Council’s annual assembly this week. On Monday, hundreds of delegates at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre saw opening remarks from leadership, a summary of how the year went for the PAGC, scholarship...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2015
The chief of the Onion Lake Cree Nation is facing a number of charges including two counts of assault, possession of a knife for a dangerous purpose and threatening to damage property. Fifty-four-year-old Wallace Fox was arrested yesterday in connection with the...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2015
Using a forged treaty number to hunt moose and deer has landed a Weyburn man in big trouble with wildlife officials. Thirty-five-year-old Dustin Hoskins was fined $5,000 and banned from hunting for two years after being convicted of a number of offences, including...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2015
The federal government has lost round one in its battle to impose the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, but the law is still on the books and funding is still being withheld to bands who refuse to comply. On Friday, a federal court judge in Saskatoon handed...
