by MBC News | Nov 22, 2012
The Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is trying to clear the air about a recent drug-charge against him. In June of this year Darrell McCallum was charged with possessing marijuana not exceeding thirty grams. He completed mediation and as a result the Crown...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2012
A Senate hearing is being held in Saskatoon today to examine the rights of First Nations people living off-reserve. Deputy chairman of the Human Rights Committee, Patrick Brazeau, says off-reserve residents are being discriminated against in a number of ways. He says...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2012
Two universities in the province are partnering up with a major networking company to develop new mining technologies. Both the University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan will each receive $2 million from Cisco systems over the next ten years. Ernie Barber is...
by MBC News | Nov 21, 2012
Some new procedures and safe-guards have been put in place within the Athabasca Health Authority. An audit earlier this year by KPMG revealed a $9,000 dollar credit-card bill along with a number of other discrepancies. Former CEO Vince Robillard was subsequently fired...
by MBC News | Nov 21, 2012
A high-ranking member of a Saskatchewan First Nation is facing a charge of assault. Band councilor Darwin Morin of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation was charged following an alleged incident last month at a casino near Edmonton. In addition to the assault charge, Morin...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
A woman has been arrested after a fatal stabbing in Grandmother’s Bay. 44 year-old Mary Roberts is accused of stabbing and killing 37 year-old Adam Eninew. Roberts and Eninew shared a home together. RCMP say his body was discovered outside a house on the reserve...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
A 43 year-old snowmobile rider is dead after the sled he was riding broke through the ice on Deschambault Lake. RCMP say it was on Friday officers responded to a report of an impaired driver. They tried to stop the man but he took off on a snowmobile across the ice....
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
The impact of poverty is the subject of a special “movie-night” in Saskatoon. Beginning at 7:00 p.m. the Broadway Theatre will screen three short films about how poverty affects the local community. The first film follows the coach of the Saskatoon Blades, Lorne...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
A search is still underway on the One Arrow reserve for a missing person there. Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends at his house early in the morning. For weeks now his family has been looking for him....
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
The Yorkton Tribal Council is holding a two-day brainstorming session today on how to get more young people off the couch. The Saskatoon Inn is the setting for the Regional Active Measures Conference. Organizer Sabrina Sparvier says the YTC is working hard to get...
