by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
The body of a missing man from the Onion Lake Cree Nation has been discovered. Forty-two-year-old Rodney Cannepotato hadn’t been seen by family members for several days. He had just gotten home from hospital, due to complications from his epilepsy, when he...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
A 26-year-old woman from the Wahpeton Dakota First Nation has been charged with first-degree murder in relation to a vehicular death on the reserve Wednesday morning. Valerie Standing also faces one count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle in the incident, which...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
She is the lord of her ring and on Thursday she shared her message of inspiration and determination with about 100 Aboriginal children from Regina and nearby First Nations. Mary Spencer, from the Nawash First Nation in Ontario, is an Olympic boxer, a three-time world...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
Two more Saskatchewan First Nations now have SaskTel’s High Speed Internet Service. The expansion to the Poundmaker and Sweetgrass reserves is part of an initiative first announced in 2010. That was the year SaskTel pledged to provide High Speed Internet service...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
Saskatchewan’s Métis economic development arm has signed a new funding agreement with the federal government enabling it to provide grants to businesses trying to get their feet off the ground. SaskMétis Economic Development Corporation announced yesterday it has...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
Saskatchewan’s Energy and Resources minister is applauding the province’s new online mineral-staking registry. Yesterday, the province announced it has received 522 new claims under the computerized registry since it was rolled out in December. The 1.46...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2013
The University of Saskatchewan’s new president says engaging more Aboriginal students is critical to the future of the institution and the province.Ilene Busch-Vishniac gave her first state of the university address this afternoon.The U of S president says the...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2013
About two dozen people from Dene communities in northwest Saskatchewan are travelling by snowmobile to the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range. The group plans to clear a trail leading to traditional Dene hunting areas, and build several cabins. Buffalo River Dene Nation...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2013
A new hydroelectric power plant in the province’s north and a doubling of the main power line from Sandy Bay to Key Lake are highlighted in SaskPower’s annual report which was tabled in the legislature today. The report shows the corporation recorded a...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2013
Two people, including a woman accused of assaulting a police officer in La Loche, were scheduled to appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court today. They were picked up after members of the Integrated Drug Unit searched a hotel room Tuesday evening in the 3300 block of...
