by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011
Two provincial election candidates from Meadow Lake are trading barbs over the issue of nuclear waste storage in the province. Yesterday, the NDP’s Helen Ben issued a press release where she appeared to link the provincial government’s study on nuclear power...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011
The 2011 Hunger Count is showing that a large number of Aboriginal people in western Canada — especially Saskatchewan — are using the food bank. The report says one quarter of the individuals helped from Manitoba through British Columbia self-identified as...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has won a legal victory in its bid to sue a former director of the corporation. Saskatoon lawyer Bob Kennedy says an application by his client Shelly Bear to get the lawsuit against her dropped has failed. He explains they...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011
A 17-year-old-male is the second person being charged in connection with an armed robbery in the La Ronge area. The theft took place over the weekend at a business on a local reserve. The youth is charged with robbery with a firearm, pointing a firearm, using a...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011
A woman who falsely accused a police officer of sexual assault has now been sentenced for assaulting a police officer. Thirty-seven-year-old Myrtle Chamakese of the Pelican Lake First Nation received three months in jail. That will be tacked on to the six months she...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011
About 50 people crowded into the meeting room of a Prince Albert hotel today to witness a hearing examining a disputed election on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. The vote on March 26th, 2010 saw incumbent chief Wesley Daniels narrowly defeat challenger Henry Felix....
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011
A 24-year-old Moosomin First Nation man received a silver medal for bravery yesterday. Tyler Mooswa received the medal for saving his two-year-old sister from their burning house. The fire broke out on the morning of April 11th last year. Tyler woke his mom and told...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011
A La Ronge man is facing charges after a weekend armed robbery. The incident in the 200 block of Bell’s Point Road was reported around 1:30 Saturday afternoon. RCMP say the suspects took off on foot and several items of clothing were found in a wooded area. The...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011
Earnings are up at the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. CEO Zane Hansen says through the first six months of this year, SIGA’s net income is five per cent higher — or $41 million — than the same time last year. He believes the increase is consistent...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2011
HALIFAX – The RCMP says a research report it commissioned shows police usually weren’t aware that abuse was occurring in Canada’s infamous native residential school system. Deputy Commissioner Steve Graham presented the research report today to the...
