by MBC News | Jun 10, 2013
A Regina archaeologist is in charge of a little known and very sacred collection at the Royal Saskatchewan museum. Evelyn Siegfried is the curator of aboriginal studies for the museum. “It is an incredible heritage and we can learn so much from it.” As part of her...
by MBC News | Jun 7, 2013
A youth accused of bring a gun to a La Ronge school and firing it several times into the ground has been released from custody. Yesterday a judge at La Ronge provincial court released the youth on an undertaking. He was charged with carelessly using a firearm,...
by MBC News | Jun 7, 2013
27 year-old Tyson Halkett from Air Ronge is among eight men arrested on child pornography charges following a lengthy undercover police investigation. The internet child exploitation unit, involving several police departments and the RCMP conducted the investigation...
by MBC News | Jun 7, 2013
A new report on Metis identity says the federal government must try to start a more comprehensive dialogue between themselves and the Metis community. Vernon White heads up the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, the group that tabled the report. For...
by MBC News | Jun 7, 2013
Cameco has released its sustainable development report for 2012. The company says support for its activities in Northern Saskatchewan is up 10% from last year. Fast Consulting polled 1,000 people across both the south and northern portions of the province. Cameco...
by MBC News | Jun 7, 2013
Regina police have issued a public alert about a dangerous and violent offender who is now living in a central Regina neighbourhood. 49 year old Mitchell Lawrence Sasakamoose has a history of drug abuse and violent crimes. He is considered a high risk to reoffend....
by MBC News | Jun 7, 2013
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations spring legislative assembly wrapped up on Thursday afternoon. The topic of education dominated much of the afternoon discussion as a number of First Nations leaders voiced their displeasure over the federal government’s...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2013
A young Metis student has received the University of Regina’s President’s Medal. It is the highest honour awarded to a graduating student receiving a first degree. Jenel Markwart is graduating with great distinction from the Saskatchewan Urban Native...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2013
The unsettled weather today brought an unexpected sight at the Sturgeon Lake First Nation this morning. Band councilor Wesley Ballantyne says he and his sister spotted a funnel cloud on the south side of the lake: “There was kind of a strange cloud in the...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2013
The chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says the sheer number of documents they still need to receive from the federal government may make it very difficult for the commission to complete its work within the required mandate. Justice Murray Sinclair was...
