by MBC News | Apr 30, 2015
An RCMP officer charged with impaired driving from an incident in Wollaston Lake last year has pleaded not guilty to the charge. Cst. Kevin Granrude was off duty when he rolled an RCMP ATV just outside the community on June 10. Granrude was thrown from the vehicle and...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2015
There were 23 deaths and 41 critical injuries of children in Saskatchewan last year. In both cases, the number of Aboriginal children involved is highly over-represented. The statistics were contained in the annual report from Bob Pringle, Saskatchewan’s...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2015
The Prince Albert man charged with the murder of Monica Burns has pleaded not guilty. Burns’ body was found northwest of the city on a remote snowmobile trail on January 17. Just under two weeks later, 38-year-old Todd McKeaveney was arrested and charged with second...
by MBC News | Apr 29, 2015
Cameco says it has raised its capital spending budget for this year to 405-million dollars — up from the original budget of 370-million. The company says the nearly 10 per cent increase is mainly due to higher spending at the McArthur River-Key Lake uranium...
by MBC News | Apr 29, 2015
The Assembly of First Nations, the Canadian Nurses Association and the NDP Opposition are all calling on the federal government to take immediate action to address health care shortcomings in remote First Nations communities. This follows the release of Canada’s...
by MBC News | Apr 29, 2015
A Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that a family from the Wood Mountain Lakota Nation has the right to band membership and remain status Indians. Members of the Ogle family, including former Chiefs Travis and David Ogle, were successful in defending their band...
by MBC News | Apr 29, 2015
A young woman from Kawacatoose First Nation says she has returned from the Miss Indian World Pageant with many fond memories. Amelia Badger says even though she didn’t win the title, she worked hard to represent her people and enjoyed the overall experience....
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2015
A former chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council and his wife are Saskatchewan’s newest millionaires. Alphonse Bird and Jacqueline Ironstand-Bird from Montreal Lake First Nation won nearly $2 million...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2015
The Prince Albert man charged in relation to the brutal assault of a homeless woman last summer has entered a guilty plea to attempted murder. 47 year-old Marlene Bird was beaten and set on fire in the June 1 incident. Both of Bird’s legs were amputated as a result of...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2015
During last week’s federal budget the government announced it would spend $250 million celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. Critics lashed out saying the government will spend more on the birthday party than on First Nations. The Aboriginal Affairs Minister,...
