by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
A Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation man faces gun-related charges after another man was shot in the hip last night. RCMP received a call around 6:45 p.m. that a 37-year-old male hunter had been shot on the reserve near Loon Lake. The man was transported first to the...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
Onion Lake Cree Nation and Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation are among 9 Saskatchewan Indian Bands who have not complied with the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. In a media release on Thursday, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Bernard Valcourt said the Government...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The Ministry of Justice says there is no simple solution to the issue of violence against aboriginal women and it will take a combined effort from everyone involved to address the issue. Jan Turner, Assistant Deputy Minister for Courts and Tribunals, presented the...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
Next week is Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week and the Saskatoon Tribal Council held a press conference this morning to talk about the organization’s own HIV/AIDS reduction program. STC’s Saskatoon HIV/AIDS Reduction Program has exchanged one million needles in the past...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The Saskatchewan Indian Culture Centre’s First Nations Language Keepers Conference is taking place this week in Saskatoon. Thursday morning’s keynote speaker was Don Thornton of Thornton Media. The Las Vegas-based company provides First Nations language-teaching...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
Some people in northern Saskatchewan are unhappy with the Nutrition North Program which recently received more federal funding. The program is designed to cut down on the high cost of food, but only Fond du Lac, Stony Rapids and Black Lake are on the list of...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The NDP opposition continues to pressure the provincial government to call a coroner’s inquest into the death of a homeless man who died earlier this month in Saskatoon. The body of 42-year-old Jerry Peequaquat was found in the cab of an abandoned semi-trailer in the...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The Onion Lake Cree Nation is taking the Harper government to court over the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. Chief Wallace Fox filed a statement of claim Wednesday in the offices of the Federal Court in Edmonton. The controversial act requires First Nations...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
Prince Albert Grand Council says Rob Clarke needs to “get the right facts” before making comments about First Nations accountability. In an appearance last week on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, the northern Saskatchewan Conservative MP said...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014
The City of Prince Albert is leading the way in the province in terms of First Nations representation on its police force. According to the Saskatchewan Police Aboriginal Recruitment Committee, more than 30 per cent of the city’s police force is of First Nations...
