by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012
A 24-year-old man from the Keeseekoose First Nation has been arrested following a stabbing on the reserve this past weekend. Quinton Roy Quewezance is facing a charge of aggravated assault and is making a court appearance in Yorkton today. RCMP say they were called to...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012
Battlefords RCMP say six teens facing charges after a series of break-ins are believed to be part of a street gang. Saturday morning, police received reports of a stolen vehicle and a home break-in on 107th Street. Investigators arrested six suspects aged 15 to 19...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012
A lawyer who worked as a prosecutor in Regina, Saskatoon and La Ronge is now a provincial court judge. Inez J. Cardinal received a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1990. Cardinal has been a lecturer at the First Nations University northern campus in...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
Cameco has purchased a majority stake in a proposed uranium mine project in northern Saskatchewan. The company is buying AREVA’s roughly 28% ownership stake in the Millenium project for $150 million. The deal also includes the payment of royalties if new uranium...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
‘Keep away from drugs and alcohol’ was the message of two Aboriginal war veterans who spoke to high school students in North Battleford yesterday. George Benson of Red Pheasant is a veteran of the Korean War, while Arlen Tootoosis of Poundmaker served in...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
Saskatchewan Environment is making plans for more projects as it continues the Boreal Watershed Initiative. The five-year project was announced last year with the goal of assessing and maintaining the northern watersheds. Saskatchewan Environment chief engineer Kevin...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
Wanuskewin Heritage Park is hosting the 2012 National Aboriginal Moot Court this weekend. Teams from 15 law schools are being brought together to discuss current legal issues and put theory into practice. For students involved, it is part of the curriculum and they...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
La Ronge RCMP are looking to the public for information on a man wanted in connection with an assault in La Ronge last November. Police say a warrant has been issued for the arrest of 19-year-old Spencer Lloyd Halkett. He is 5’9″ tall, weighs 140 lbs.,...
by MBC News | Mar 1, 2012
Most people contacted in a University of Saskatchewan survey agree that discrimination has made it harder for Aboriginal people to escape poverty. But a majority don’t think Aboriginal people should get special treatment to improve themselves. About 72% of those...
by MBC News | Mar 1, 2012
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson likes some aspects of Bill S-6, a bill to change the Indian Act. For example, Cook-Searson likes the fact that terms of office for chiefs and band councillors are extended to four years from two. But she told the...
