by MBC News | Oct 3, 2014
The Saskatchewan Green Party is calling on the government to intervene on behalf of Marlene Bird. The 47-year-old Bird had her legs amputated after a severe beating and burning on June 1 in Prince Albert. The Green Party says Bird’s social workers are failing her and...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2014
A vigil for missing and murdered Aboriginal women will be held at the First Nations University in Regina on Saturday. Vigil organizer Jaqueline Anaquod says the goal is to honour the families of women and girls who have been lost to violence or disappeared. Anaquod...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2014
The Harper government has announced it is halting all transfer payments to the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan effective next month if the organization does not hold a legislative assembly meeting. Reasons for the transfer cut are outlined in a letter sent from...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2014
A federal court judge has ruled Henry Felix was not given a fair hearing by the Sturgeon Lake First Nation election appeal tribunal. Felix won a May 2013 election for chief, but was disqualified as a candidate by the chief electoral officer who said he owed money to...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2014
An investigation is underway after a woman was struck and killed by a vehicle on the Moosomin First Nation. The 37-year-old Medstead resident was was struck by a car in the driveway of a local residence shortly after midnight last night. She was pronounced dead on the...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2014
The John Cochrane First Nation in the Cumberland House region is not giving up in its long fight to be recognized as a separate Indian band with treaty rights. It has been fighting the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations for five years to be accepted into the...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2014
The Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert is currently overcapacity. Due to the issue, the hospital is accepting emergency patients only and is asking anyone with a minor health issue to attend a walk-in clinic. Doug Dahl with the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2014
The new Director of Education for the Northern Lights School Division officially began his job yesterday. Dr. Ken Ladoucer took the position with Northern Lights after spending several years in Colorado and Michigan as a superintendent. Dr. Ladouceur is originally...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2014
Perry Bellegarde has thrown his hat into the race to become the next chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Shawn Atleo stepped down as AFN leader earlier this year after a number of Indigenous leaders failed to back him in his support of the Harper government’s...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2014
After some recent wolf sightings near La Ronge, a local conservation officer is reminding the public to keep a safe distance. Saskatchewan Environment conservation officer Derek Keast says wolves typically avoid populated areas but may venture close to communities in...
