by MBC News | Dec 14, 2011
A 32-year-old man from Deschambault Lake has been airlifted to Saskatoon with a serious stab wound to one of his legs. RCMP say an altercation at a home in the community was reported around 2:00 this morning. The victim was taken to the local clinic and the Flin Flon...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2011
A major Metis land claim argued before the Supreme Court of Canada yesterday could have ramifications for Metis in Saskatchewan. In its claim, the Manitoba Metis Federation asserts that Canada did not fulfill its constitutional obligations agreed upon by the Riel...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2011
Saskatchewan Highways has imposed a temporary weight restriction on a bridge north of La Loche that was damaged earlier this week. Spokesman Doug Wakabayashi says a truck with an oversized load struck one of the bridge’s steel trusses late Monday. As a result, a...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2011
The Metis National Council has set a timetable to adopt a constitution. Over the weekend, members of Metis organizations across the country met in Ottawa to chart a way forward. MNC President Clem Chartier says they’re hoping to draft a document by 2013....
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2011
The northern village of Buffalo Narrows is expanding its business community. This week, the Northern Store opened a new outlet in the village centre building that houses the community’s administration office. Next spring, a mini-Tim Horton’s outlet is...
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2011
A warning is going out to residents of Wollaston Lake who may be thinking of driving south to do some holiday shopping. According to the general manager of the Hatchet Lake First Nation’s economic development corporation, driving on the ice is still not safe....
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2011
Former Prince Albert Indian Residential School students are being asked to dig out their old yearbooks. Prince Albert Cree genealogist Blanche Cowley-Head is looking for them. She says they can help lawyers settle Indian residential school survivors’ claims,...
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2011
An Alberta energy company continues to look for oil and gas on two Saskatchewan reserves. Sundance Energy Corporation is drilling exploration wells on the Muskowekwan and Ochapowace First Nations. Company president Jeffrey Standen says other developments are already...
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2011
The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs and the United Way have provided funds for a temporary homeless shelter in the Battlefords. But that funding runs out January 21st — so organizers are hoping someone else will donate money to keep it open well into spring....
by MBC News | Dec 12, 2011
Dates have been set to hold a new inquest into the death of a northern man. The original inquest into the death of 38 year-old Harry Haineault halted last year after new evidence surfaced during the case. The brother of the deceased man, who was shot by an RCMP...
