by MBC News | Mar 13, 2012
RCMP have questions about a fatal rollover near the Daystar First Nation early yesterday. At around 7:45 a.m., a truck rolled into a ditch while travelling on a grid road three kilometres south of the reserve. A 28-year-old man was found dead at the scene. The...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2012
A vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says he wants the provincial government to show First Nations it is willing to work with them to protect sacred sites in provincial parks. Bobby Cameron says the province is moving ahead with plans to...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2012
A preliminary hearing has been set for three men accused of setting a fatal house fire on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. Twenty-four-year-old Kimmie Randall Bear, 21-year-old Carl Anthony Albert and 19-year-old Dominic Chase Ahenakew were each charged with two counts...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2012
Four First Nations have formed an alliance to work in the oil and gas business. Through Onion Lake Energy, the Onion Lake First Nation is partnering up with the Sucker Creek, Drift Pile and Ermineskin First Nations. Onion Lake Energy president Roy Littlewolfe says the...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
Saskatchewan Justice says a coroner’s inquest into the death of a northern Saskatchewan man has once again been delayed. Officials say new information has come to light in the death of Harry Haineault. The 38-year-old man was shot and killed by an RCMP officer...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
The Civil Aviation Search and Rescue Association held a training exercise over the weekend in La Ronge. Eleven new and current members of the group got to go up in a Hercules transport plane. The members were undergoing certification – in case they need to help out...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
A photographic display depicting the history of the north will be taken to several communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan this week. The collection was organized to commemorate a canoe trip through the area made 100 years ago by Ernest Oberholtzer and his Ojibwa...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
The Athabasca Regional Government is considering its options in the wake of a recent court decision. Last week, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an application by the communities in Saskatchewan’s far north to have a review launched into the granting of a...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
Two Aboriginal youths in Prince Albert have reached the pinnacle of the martial arts world. Over the weekend, Austin Ermine and Grant Bird received their black belts in the discipline of karate. Their instructor, Wolfgang Manicke, says the two have worked very hard...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
A First Nations economic group says it wants to help bands get the financial knowledge they need to help their communities. The First Nations Financial Management Board is one of four Aboriginal-led institutions that were created through the federal government’s First...
