by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for the immediate firing of a Saskatoon Real Canadian Superstore employee for alleged racist behaviour. In a press release sent out late Thursday afternoon, the FSIN alleges two Indigenous women were treated...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
The leadership of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is urging the provincial government to sit down with protesters camped on the Wascana grounds across from the Legislative Building. “Give these folks, these good folks Prescott [Demas] and the others,...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
La Ronge RCMP have made a second arrest in relation to an armed robbery which took place last weekend. A 16-year-old male faces a number of charges including robbery with a restricted firearm and assault with a weapon. He was arrested without incident Thursday morning...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
Loretta Henderson’s 16-year-old daughter Krista Kenny was murdered in Prince Albert in 2009. Henderson says she has been coming to an annual walk honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and men ever since. She says she comes year after year, not only for her...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
RCMP have arrested a suspect following a weekend death in Black Lake. Police say 31-year-old Chester Bigeye was taken into custody yesterday by members of the Major Crimes Unit North and Black Lake RCMP. Bigeye have been charged with one count of second-degree murder....
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
Tributes are being offered following the death of Hatchet Lake First Nation elder Angus Tsannie. Tsannie is being remembered for his work in helping to negotiate land claims in the north, serving as a senator on the Prince Albert Grand Council, for his passion for...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
Scott Daniels of the Mistawasis First Nation spent nine seasons playing pro hockey. Daniels, a forward, was able to play 149 games in the NHL with Hartford, Philadelphia and New Jersey. Following his career, Daniels coached junior hockey in the United States for ten...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
The company working to set up a marijuana retail outlet in La Ronge says it wants input from Indigenous people. Aura Cannabis was granted a permit for the town and hopes to have a store open by this fall. Executive Vice-President Andrew Gordon says the company is in...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
Young adults from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will have the opportunity to be immersed in traditional language and culture as part of a new camp this summer. The Adult Cree Immersion Camp runs for five days in late August at Youth Haven on Big Stone Lake. LLRIB Cree...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2018
The Prince Albert Grand Council Women’s Council is holding its 14th annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk this morning. The walk raises awareness about the men and women who have gone missing or have died due to violence. “We started 14 years ago...
