by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
A 43 year-old snowmobile rider is dead after the sled he was riding broke through the ice on Deschambault Lake. RCMP say it was on Friday officers responded to a report of an impaired driver. They tried to stop the man but he took off on a snowmobile across the ice....
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
The impact of poverty is the subject of a special “movie-night” in Saskatoon. Beginning at 7:00 p.m. the Broadway Theatre will screen three short films about how poverty affects the local community. The first film follows the coach of the Saskatoon Blades, Lorne...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
A search is still underway on the One Arrow reserve for a missing person there. Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends at his house early in the morning. For weeks now his family has been looking for him....
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
The Yorkton Tribal Council is holding a two-day brainstorming session today on how to get more young people off the couch. The Saskatoon Inn is the setting for the Regional Active Measures Conference. Organizer Sabrina Sparvier says the YTC is working hard to get...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012
Darcy Bear has been re-elected chief of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. In a release the band says he collected 85% of the votes cast in an election on Friday. He now begins a four-year term. Bear has led the First Nation since 1991. Since that time the band says it...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2012
A search is being organized tomorrow on the One Arrow first nation for a missing man. 38 year-old Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen by anyone since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends on the reserve around 1:00 a.m. Mounties say snowfall...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2012
The Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation says it wants to help First Nations entrepreneurs get their business projects off the ground. The group’s general manager Terry Brodziak says he thinks many young First Nations entrepreneurs have great ideas, they just...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2012
A graduation ceremony took place this morning at Christopher Lake for a unique program. 10 graduates of the “Beahr” program walked across the floor to receive their diplomas. The Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) Environmental Monitoring...
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2012
There were lots of tributes, some tears and even some laughs at the funeral service for aboriginal leader Jim Sinclair today. Sinclair died on Friday at the age of 79. Hundreds of people gathered at the Brandt Centre in Regina to pay their final respects. Among them...
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2012
The demand for an inquiry into the problem of missing and murdered aboriginal women just got louder. Patrick Brazeau sits on the Standing Senate Committee for Aboriginal Peoples. He says hundreds of cases are still unsolved and the Canadian government can play a...
