by MBC News | Dec 10, 2014
They are starting to count the ballots at the Assembly of First Nations election in Winnipeg. Supporters of the three men vying to be national chief — Perry Bellegarde, Ghyslain Picard and Leon Jourdain — are busy milling around the conference centre in...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2014
Assembly of First Nations leadership candidates took part in a final forum Tuesday before Wednesday’s vote. Three candidates are competing for the AFN’s top job including Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde, former Treaty 3 Grand Chief...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2014
Can you imagine paying up to $19 for four litres of milk? That is the reality for residents in northern Saskatchewan communities like Fond du Lac. The high cost of groceries to the poor state of roads was the focus of a task force report by the Saskatchewan Chamber...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2014
An inmate has died at Saskatoon’s Regional Psychiatric Centre. Corrections officials are not releasing the cause of John Alfred Favel’s death. But they say the 57-year-old inmate died yesterday. He had been serving an indeterminate sentence for second...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2014
Friends and family of Billy Ballantyne say questions still remain following a coroner’s inquest into the death of the 44-year-old Montreal Lake Cree Nation man. The inquest wrapped up last week. Ballantyne was taken to Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert in...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2014
Congratulations are in order for the Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD) school chapter in Pelican Narrows. Opawikoscikan School has been named the winner of a CAA award and a $500 contribution for its ongoing work against drinking and driving. The contest...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2014
The Harper government says it is taking three Saskatchewan First Nations to court for failure to comply with Bill C-27. The First Nations Financial Transparency Act requires bands to post their financial statements and chief and council salaries on the government’s...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2014
Making life more affordable for people living in northern Saskatchewan is a big part of a new report that looks at ways to enhance economic and social development. The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce released the Northern Business Task Force Report in Saskatoon...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2014
RCMP are warning about a major theft ring operating in west central Saskatchewan. The targets are vehicles and the thefts are taking place in isolated rural areas. Between January 2012 and this September, 385 vehicles worth $2 million were stolen. Most ended up being...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2014
The NDP’s Aboriginal Affairs critic says the party will continue to push the Harper government to call a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women. Jean Crowder was in Meadow Lake Monday as part of short trip to northern Saskatchewan. The federal...
