by MBC News | Jul 4, 2012
A former Manitoba tribal chief wants a crack at leading the Assembly of First Nations. Diane Kelly is one of seven people challenging incumbent National Chief Shawn Atleo for the leadership of the organization. Kelly says she is tired of seeing resources extracted...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2012
RCMP say charges are possible following the death of a two-year-old girl on the Red Earth First Nation. The incident was reported around 1:00 p.m. Sunday. Police say the female driver of a minivan — a friend of the family — struck and killed the girl while...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2012
A Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing is getting underway on the Buffalo River Dene Nation today. Over the next two days, survivors will get the chance to tell their stories about what happened to them during their time at residential schools. A residential...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2012
SaskPower says it was a storm few of their workers will ever forget. Vehicles stuck in mud and linemen working in water up to their waists is how officials describe the repair efforts that took place during last week’s storms. In all, the Crown...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2012
For the second year in a row, the Regina Food Bank and some corporate sponsors are providing a free lunch program for Regina’s inner city children. The CEO of the Foodbank, Wayne Hellquist, says the program picks up where the school lunch program ends. He says...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2012
RCMP have located the body of a 54-year-old man who drowned on Wekash Lake, 12 km southwest of Creighton Wednesday evening. Police say the man was driving a jet ski with two female passengers when they were thrown from the craft into the water. One women swam to...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2012
Flin Flon RCMP say they have tracked down a man in dire need of immediate medical attention who abruptly left the Flin Flon General Hospital earlier today. Thirty-two-year-old Leon Benjamin Custer of Pelican Narrows had been last seen in a hospital gown at the hundred...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2012
The full extent of the series of storms that struck the province is becoming clearer as SaskPower reports thousands of trees were downed by high winds — many of them in eastern Saskatchewan. Efforts are currently underway trying to get a large number of homes in...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2012
The pilot of a small plane had to do some quick thinking when engine trouble led to an emergency landing in a northern Alberta marsh. The crash happened yesterday afternoon, a few kilometres south of Fort McMurray. R-C-M-P say the pilot and co-pilot were flying from...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2012
Northern Saskatchewan Member of Parliament Rob Clarke is responding to some recent criticism. Earlier this week, Clarke spoke at the FSIN assembly in Nipawin about his private member’s bill to reform the Indian Act. The federation panned the speech, comparing...
