by MBC News | Dec 12, 2011
A Committee is coming together in Southern Saskatchewan to develop a Treaty 4 Heritage and Interpretive Centre. Indigenous Studies Professor Blair Stonechild is on the committee and says the history of Treaty 4 is not well known. He explains the committee intends to...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
A life sentence has been given to a man charged in the fatal shooting of a resident in La Loche last year. Richie Herman pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of second-degree murder. He was arrested after 29-year-old Mathew St. Pierre was gunned down in La Loche on...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
The RCMP’s Historical Case Unit is reviewing the unsolved murder of an Onion Lake woman which dates back to June, 2007. The body of 48-year-old Jeanette Chief was found by a fisherman in a small body of water north of Lloydminster. Chief had last been seen...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
A northern Saskatchewan chief is weighing in on a new piece of legislation introduced in Parliament this week. The First Nations Election Act is designed to provide bands with stronger governments. Among other things, it stipulates that First Nations who run their...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations will be honouring its “founding fathers” this evening. A gala celebration with musical guest Buffy Sainte-Marie at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park will mark the FSIN’s 65th Anniversary celebrations. In...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
Getting to school will be cheaper for almost 2,700 Aboriginal post-secondary students in Saskatoon next month. Bus passes modelled on the University of Saskatchewan passes will be available at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and the First Nations...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
The Prince Albert Grand Council’s 15th annual First Nations language festival is underway at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium today. Roughly 70 students from three different schools made it to the city for the event. Throughout the day, participants are...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
The body found in a North Battleford house earlier this week has been identified as 45-year-old Ronald William Peequaquat. The Red Pheasant First Nation man had been missing since June 25th. Police say relatives reported him missing in August. The body was found...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Two people from Wollaston Lake are safe after getting lost and then being found by members of the Canadian Rangers. RCMP say a 51-year-old man and his 18-year-old son lost their way Wednesday afternoon after snowmobiling across the lake from Barge Landing. Police say...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
NDP MLA Buckley Belanger says there needs to be more help for youth in the province’s north who attempt suicide. Belanger brought the matter up during question period in the Legislative Assembly today after hearing from a mother whose son has attempted suicide...
