by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has another woman vice chief. Heather Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation is now the federation’s Fourth Vice Chief. Bear defeated the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s Robin McLeod by a vote count of 568 to 293 in...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
All six Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority casinos in the province get high marks for responsible gaming. They have been accredited by the Responsible Gambling Council, which works to reduce problem gambling through awareness and information campaigns. SIGA vice...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
Saskatchewan’s court of appeal has increased the sentence of a Regina gang leader serving 15 years for manslaughter. At issue is the amount of credit he was given for pre-trial custody. Shawn Curtis Keepness was given four-and-a-half years for time served, some...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
Violence against women was the focus of a panel at the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour convention in Regina on Wednesday. Featured speakers included Jaquiline Anaquod, a local organizer for the Sisters in Spirit movement and Barb Byers, newly elected secretary...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
Stories told in the classroom at the First Nations University are now part of a book series aimed at preserving Canada’s Aboriginal languages. Solomon Ratt is a Woods Cree speaker and educator from Stanley Mission. He is also an associate professor of languages at...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
The Canadian Rangers group from Wollaston Lake was called into action last week to help the RCMP locate some missing boaters. A group of three adults and one youth left Barge Landing headed to Wollaston on Tuesday, but ran out of gas and became stranded on an island....
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling a planned water rate hike in La Ronge “astronomical” and “very unusual”. The flat monthly water and sewer bill homeowners pay will be increasing 30 per cent next year and another 30 per cent the...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
Cameco has reduced its production forecast for the upcoming year because of the recent labour disruption at McArthur River and Key Lake. According to the company’s third quarter financial report, production for the last quarter was 18 per cent lower than the same...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
The 39-year-old man charged after shots were fired in Sucker River last month has been handed a fine. Craig Larson appeared in La Ronge Provincial Court on Monday. He was arrested on September 13th after RCMP received complaints about a person firing shots at several...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations continues to explore ways of making up a $2 million funding deficit. The funding shortfall is the result of cutbacks by the Harper government. Saskatchewan Tribal Council Vice-Chief Mark Arcand is part of a committee...
