by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
Residents of a remote northern Saskatchewan First Nation are pressing the provincial government to live up to a promise it made to the community back in 2008. They say it is a matter of life and death for the Hatchet Lake First Nation. At issue is an all-weather road...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
A trial will be held in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench for a Poundmaker First Nation resident facing TLE fraud charges. Victoria McMillan faces charges of theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000 and breach of her duties as a trustee. She pleaded not guilty to...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
A 15-month conditional sentence has been handed to the former CEO of New North, the umbrella organization for northern Saskatchewan municipalities. Eric Gardiner was in La Ronge Provincial Court yesterday after pleading guilty earlier this year to one count of fraud....
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
The federal government’s new strategy to protect woodland caribou is getting a favourable response from a conservation manager in the province. Gord Vaadeland of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says the plan gives Saskatchewan some flexibility in what...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
The booming provincial economy is reflected in the latest survey results in the “Taking the Pulse of Saskatchewan” research project by the University of Saskatchewan. Aboriginal people and the rest of the population are optimistic about the economy, the...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
The government’s decision to axe the three Enterprise Regions in northern Saskatchewan has not discouraged the organizers of an upcoming business conference. On November 22nd and 23rd, business leaders from across the north are invited to attend the 2012...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
A woman involved in a violent home invasion on the Red Pheasant First Nation is expected to be sentenced next month. Last September, 29-year-old Rosella Moosomin was convicted of break and enter and committing bodily harm. She is the last of six people to be...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
The Spirit of our Nations Pow Wow is getting underway today at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon. The three-day event is expected to attract more than 1,000 dancers, 300 singers and 10,000 spectators. Things got started this morning with a pipe ceremony and feast....
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
Saskatchewan’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a Saskatchewan Mountie-killer. Curtis Dagenais was asking for a new trial. His lawyer argued the issue or provocation was not put before the jury in his 2009 trial. The Court of Appeal dismissed...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
Perry Bellegarde has been elected as the new chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. Bellegarde received 488 votes in today’s voting at the FSIN fall legislative assembly in Saskatoon. Delbert Wapass was the runner-up with 240 votes, while Morley...
