by MBC News | Jul 10, 2012
Charges have been laid against a 25-year-old La Ronge man after an armed standoff over the weekend. On Saturday evening, officers were called out to the Fairchild Reserve to investigate a report of a man with a gun. It was reported he had pointed the weapon at another...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2012
RCMP say the child who was run over by a parade float in Preeceville over the weekend had just celebrated his eighth birthday. The boy was from Prince Albert and was riding on a float that was being pulled by a half-ton truck. He jumped off the front of the float,...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2012
The Vice-Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples will be touring western Canada. Dwight Dorey’s tour kicks off in Winnipeg Tuesday. He skips Saskatchewan altogether — going on to Edmonton, Yellowknife, Calgary and Vancouver. Dorey says that...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2012
A former chief says he is tired of seeing energy companies reaping all the benefits from First Nations land. George Stanley is one of eight people running to be national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The Frog Lake, Alberta resident says pipeline development...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is calling on the provincial government and the Opposition to support the recent call by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs for a national inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women in Canada. The FSIN believes...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012
Saskatchewan’s two northern MLAs will be doing a lot of legwork this summer gathering names for a petition aimed at blocking changes to Employment Insurance. It is part of a national campaign launched this morning by Manitoba NDP MP Niki Ashton. Her concern is...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012
A preliminary hearing will be held in early December for a Pelican Lake First Nation man accused of second-degree murder. Eighteen-year-old Jay Lyndon Thomas is accused of killing his cousin, 23-year-old Robi Davis, earlier this year. The murder is said to have...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012
Trial dates in Battleford have been set for a 57-year-old convicted sex offender. The 10-day trial for Norbert Dumais is scheduled to begin March 18th next year in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench. Dumais is charged with sexual assault, uttering threats,...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012
A faculty expansion is underway at the First Nations University of Canada. The school’s new vice-president of academics says as many as eight new faculty will be hired as part of its new strategic plan. Dr. Lynn Wells says she looks forward to recruiting and...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012
Aboriginal youth between the ages of 15 and 21 will get the chance to learn more about their culture next week. Starting on Sunday, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is holding a youth culture camp just south of Waskesiu. FSIN Vice-Chief Bobby Cameron says...
