by MBC News | Oct 30, 2015
On Friday, the site of an old Indian residential school just west of Regina was examined for any pieces of history that may be located on the land. A small cemetery for children marks one end of the site. It will remain preserved and protected from future...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2015
It’s official: there will be a judicial recount of federal election votes in northern Saskatchewan. On Wednesday, Liberal candidate Lawrence Joseph’s campaign manager confirmed they filed a request for a recount in Desnethe-Missinippi Churchill River. On...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2015
(Saskatoon, SK) Bobby Cameron spent the last five years on the road visiting every First Nation in Saskatchewan either campaigning or working. He was a member of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation’s (FSIN’s) executive member, who met with and remembered the...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2015
After the RCMP released little more than a blurb on the death of a man at a Piapot First Nation home earlier this week, they now have a lot more to say. The deceased man has been identified as 27-year-old Justin Crowe, and Southey RCMP say he had been at a party at...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2015
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations delegates made a clear choice for their Chief, handing Witchekan Lake’s Bobby Cameron an overwhelming mandate to lead the FSIN for the next three years. Cameron won with 758 votes, or 75 per cent of the vote, while his two...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2015
A request for a vote recount in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River came in under the wire. The deadline for judicial recount requests was due within four days of the election results being validated. That means candidates had to apply before Thursday. The campaign...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2015
RCMP confirm a house that burned earlier this week on a La Ronge-area reserve had been the subject of three break-and-enter calls, including one the night of the fire. Local Mounties are treating the early Tuesday morning fire on the Bell’s Point reserve earlier...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2015
Grants to fund specialized policing units in the province have been renewed with the Regina department getting $4.6 million. It is part of the provincial government’s total commitment of $14 million to a number of municipal forces. The money is earmarked to fight...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2015
The commission’s anniversary. Photo courtesy Facebook, Sheryl Kimbley. Prince Albert Grand Council’s Women’s Commission is celebrating its silver anniversary. PAGC created the commission 25 years ago to strengthen the voice of northern women. Montreal...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2015
The lobby of the FSIN Assembly is a colourful mixture of campaign posters and political lobbying The candidates seeking political office with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations made their final public pitches to gain support from hundreds of Chiefs, band...
