by MBC News | Sep 5, 2012
A wild rice expert says this year’s harvest in northern Saskatchewan could hit three million pounds. Bill Plunz, the former manager of the La Ronge Wild Rice Corporation, says that would be an improvement over last year when roughly 1.85 million lbs. was...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2012
Police are asking for the public’s help for information about a stash of illegal drugs that were found by a hiker in a Prince Albert-area park. Police say the hiker stumbled upon 41.5 grams of methamphetamine in Little Red River Park yesterday. The drugs were...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2012
A judge has sentenced a man to seven years behind bars for stabbing and killing a man on the Mistawasis First Nation over a decade ago. Thirty-three-year-old Curtis Nataucappo showed no emotion as the verdict was delivered in a Prince Albert courtroom this morning. He...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2012
Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash near the Sturgeon Lake First Nation over the weekend. Paramedics say the collision took place Saturday evening on Highway 355, near the entrance to the reserve. Parkland Ambulance says it is believed that a vehicle struck...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2012
There has been a tragic ending to the search for a missing youth from the Pelican Lake First Nation. The 16-year-old male was found dead Thursday on the Pelican Lake reserve. He had last been seen on August 4th — and was the subject of ground searches. RCMP are...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2012
A Vancouver man who chained a copy of the Indian Act to his body for a cross-country walk completed his trek on Parliament Hill today. Leo Baskatawang started out on his “March 4 Justice” on April 23rd. Baskatawang says his demonstration was intended...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2012
What was once considered vandalism is now considered art — and it is springing up all over Regina’s North Central neighbourhood. Local children, artists and the community association have joined forces to create graffiti art. The latest project involved a...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2012
A friendly reminder is going out to lawyers who are representing residential school survivors under the Independent Assessment Process. The reminder comes from the office of the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat. It says lawyers must make sure they...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2012
A new study says Aboriginal children are two to three times more likely to have kidney failure than Caucasian children. Dr. Susan Samuel of the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary led the research. She says Aboriginal boys are twice as likely to have kidney...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2012
Regina police are looking to the public for information on a missing 52-year-old man. Police say Frederick Allen Kakakaway has not been in touch with his family since earlier this summer. He was last seen June 14th at around 6:00 a.m. on a bicycle in the 900 block of...
