by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
The chief of the Buffalo River Dene Nation says he thinks a visit to his reserve and other communities by an United Nations official will make a major impact on the country. Chief Lance Byhette says professor James Anaya will be in his community on Sunday morning...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
The president of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan says he wishes a Northern MP would just call him up instead of going through the media to outlay his concerns. On Tuesday Rob Clarke of Desnethe-Missinipi Churchill River issued a press release to various parties,...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
Some good news on the labour front for Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal workforce. Off-reserve aboriginal employment was up by 4,800 jobs last month — a 12.3% increase from September 2012. It is the eight month in a row the year-over-year numbers have been going...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
Residents of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation now have some more housing options open to them. A sod-turning ceremony is being held in nearby Blaine Lake this morning for the pending construction of five homes. The rental units will offer families a safe, affordable spot...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
An inquest has been called into the death of a teenager from the Mistawasis First Nation. Nineteen-year-old Brandon Daniels died in a Saskatoon jail cell in the summer of 2010. He was picked up by officers on suspicion he was intoxicated, but his mother said he had a...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
Regina police have been cleared of any wrong-doing in the shooting death of a dog in the backyard of a north central Regina home last March. An officer was investigating an assault in the area when he encountered Peter Cote’s pit bull. When the dog ran toward the...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
A 16-year-old girl missing from her Regina home has been found safe and sound in northern Saskatchewan. Clarissa Custer was last seen leaving her Regina home on Monday afternoon. She had just moved to the city and left without any possessions or money — and...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
A 37-year-old woman from La Loche is in custody after a man was sent to hospital in Saskatoon early this morning with life-threatening injuries. Authorities say they responded to a 911 call from a residence in the 1800 block of 22nd Street West at around 1:50 a.m....
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2013
It is the battle of the Taypotats in a court ordered election for chief of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. Advance polls were open on Thursday in Regina for the election which officially takes place this Saturday. Seventy-five-year-old old Louis Taypotat forced the...
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2013
Despite several concerns and criticisms, a Manitoba professor remains optimistic airships will someday fill northern skies supplying communities with goods and services. Professor Barry Prentice downplayed some of the concerns raised by researchers at a Winnipeg...
