by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
A new report from Amnesty International says the rights of Indigenous peoples across the Americas are being trampled on. The report, entitled Indigenous Peoples’ Long Struggle to Defend their Rights in the Americas, is being published ahead of tomorrow’s...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 29-year-old woman who is awaiting trial after being charged in a Regina murder last year. Brianna Wesaquate is accused of second-degree murder in the death Cassandra Joan Desjarlais. Desjarlais died in the early-morning hours of...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
A yearly gathering to promote healing for families who have lost loved ones will be held on the Muskoday First Nation this weekend. The “Healing the Families of Murdered and Missing Peoples Gathering” will begin Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Park in Muskoday and...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
The unemployment rate in Saskatchewan hit a historic low last month. The province says unemployment was 3.3 percent in July. This is the lowest rate on record since Statistics Canada started recording employment data back in 1976. The unemployment rate in the province...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
The 17th Annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest is in full swing this weekend just southwest of Saskatoon. The festival officially kicked off Thursday and offers four days of fiddle music, jigging, workshops and cultural camps. One of the highlights of this year’s festival is...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2014
The head of the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat says he is pleased with a new Ontario court decision. The province’s Superior Court has ruled that testimonies received from residential school survivors should be destroyed after 15 years. During...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2014
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation is moving ahead with plans to construct a $3.5 million office building on urban reserve land in Saskatoon. Construction of the 16,000 square foot building will be completed sometime next spring and it will house a fitness and physio centre....
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2014
Two La Loche men will appear in court next week as a result of a drug bust in northern Alberta. Wood Buffalo RCMP say Billy Janvier and Marlin Herman were arrested on Monday in Fort McMurray. Investigators say they received information the two men were in the...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2014
A firm with gold mining interests in northern Saskatchewan is reporting a $3.3-million profit in the last quarter. In the same quarter last year, Claude Resources suffered a net loss of $9.9 million. The company credits its performance to an increase in gold sales...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2014
A Muskoday First Nation man who is up on six separate charges in the death of an 11-year-old boy has been released on bail. Fifty-one-year-old Gordon Morris Crain appeared in Prince Albert provincial court on Wednesday afternoon and was released with conditions. Crain...
