by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012
The Spirit of our Nations Pow Wow is getting underway today at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon. The three-day event is expected to attract more than 1,000 dancers, 300 singers and 10,000 spectators. Things got started this morning with a pipe ceremony and feast....
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
Saskatchewan’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a Saskatchewan Mountie-killer. Curtis Dagenais was asking for a new trial. His lawyer argued the issue or provocation was not put before the jury in his 2009 trial. The Court of Appeal dismissed...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
Perry Bellegarde has been elected as the new chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. Bellegarde received 488 votes in today’s voting at the FSIN fall legislative assembly in Saskatoon. Delbert Wapass was the runner-up with 240 votes, while Morley...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
At least five northern Saskatchewan municipalities have new mayors after yesterday’s civic elections. In Cumberland House and Buffalo Narrows, local citizens have elected women to fill the mayor’s seat. Estelle Laliberte knocked off long-time mayor Bobby...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
Wakaw RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 38-year-old man. Police say Wilfred Almightyvoice from the One Arrow First Nation has not contacted his family since around 1:00 a.m. Saturday. He was last seen by friends who dropped him off at his...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
RCMP have released a warning to people in the Nipawin area about a female offender being released into the community. Police say 42-year-old Audrey Freda Bignose is considered to be a very high risk to re-offend. Bignose has a history of substance abuse and violent...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has positively identified human remains found in a burned-out vehicle last week. Police say the body of Wesley Alvin Whitehawk of Saskatoon was found by firefighters called to a vehicle fire west of Highway 219 south of the city. The...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012
Saskatchewan’s aviation industry is meeting in Prince Albert today. At issue is a new report which stakes out the economic impact aviation has on Saskatchewan. According to the study, there are 147 airports in the province, most of which exist on annual budgets...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2012
Saskatchewan residents are voting in civic elections today. In northern Saskatchewan, one of the youngest mayors in Canada, Thomas Sierzycki, is being challenged in La Ronge by Ron Warner. In the village of Air Ronge, long-time mayor Gordon Stomp is up against lone...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2012
Strong words by an FSIN senator kicked off this morning’s opening session of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations’ Fall Legislative Assembly in Saskatoon. Roland Crowe told delegates he thinks it is time the federation got back to basics with its...
