by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015
Prince Albert Police want people to know they’re not linked to last year’s dog shooting. An online petition saying police used excessive force against a dog on the Key First Nation, near Kamsack, is nearing 200,000 signatures. Part of the RCMP incident...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015
Last week, there was a quick resolution for a man charged with uttering threats and resisting arrest out of Onion Lake. Garth Swiftwolfe, 18, had been charged with fleeing police, assaulting a peace officer, resisting arrest, uttering threats, and multiple breaches of...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015
Four years after a teen went missing on a first nation near Lestock, his family continues to search for him. Cody Ridge Wolfe was 17, and last seen in May of 2011 walking from his grandmother’s to a friend’s place on the Muskowekwan First Nation. The first...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015
The beating death of a six-year-old on a Kahkewistahaw First Nation two years ago is now the subject of a lawsuit. The parents of Lee Bonneau are suing the social services department for negligence. The boy was in foster care at the time on the First Nation, which is...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015
Duke is the subject of a complaint to RCMP. Photo courtesy “We Want Justice for Duke,” Facebook. An online petition demanding justice for a dog shot by RCMP on the Key First Nation last summer has now gathered more than 150,000 signatures. Video of the...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015
Two life-changing events have come in quick succession for a La Ronge couple. Rod Holinaty is the $14.2 million winner of August 5’s LOTTO 6/49 draw. The announcement came in Saskatoon on Friday morning. He said at that conference, he had a pressing question for his...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015
The provincial government has renewed another five-year deal to provide funding to the Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI). It will receive $11.2 million over the next fiscal year. The money will be used to support the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015
Roadways usually get the brunt of attention during the summer construction season, but the completion of airport upgrades will benefit some important government-owned planes. Buffalo Narrows’ runway repaving took 12 days, and cost $4.9 million. “This particular...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2015
Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox says in his opinion, Bill C-27 is race based. Fox made the comments following Thursday’s court proceedings where federal government lawyers argued that First Nations failed to provide evidence to warrant a stay of proceedings...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2015
The Saskatchewan Indigenous Peoples Health Research Centre is saddened but not surprised by a Statistics Canada report that shows First Nations adults are much more likely to die prematurely from preventable causes than non-aboriginals. The 15-year study was compiled...
