by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
The jury will make its recommendations on Friday at the inquest into death of 22-year-old Brydon Whitstone of Onion Lake Cree Nation. The last of the 18 witnesses called to the inquest testified on Thursday afternoon. Much of the day was taken up by testimony from two...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2018
Questions continue to swirl as to the knowledge Cabinet Ministers had of Vince Natomagan’s violent criminal past, before making his appointment to the Board of Northlands College November 1. Natomagan’s appointment came at the recommendation of Advanced Education...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2018
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says the work the federal government is doing with Indigenous people, “can draw a line in the sands of time.” Philpott spoke at the Assembly of First Nations meeting taking place in Ottawa about the government’s...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2018
A meaningful apology from the provincial government to Sixties Scoop survivors will most likely occur in the New Year. “We would like to move forward with it as soon as possible. But as soon as we’re able to provide those meaningful words and that meaningful apology,”...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the podium to address the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa Monday. This is the fourth time he has joined the Special Chief’s Assembly event. In his speech, Trudeau spent most of the time highlighting the positive changes that his...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2018
Brydon Whitstone’s mother addressed media for the first time Wednesday afternoon at the coroner’s inquest into her son’s dea Dorothy Laboucane had chosen so far this week not to speak to reporters. However, following the testimony of the officer who...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2018
A 26 year-old Calgary woman was arrested and is facing drug related charges in Pinehouse last Sunday. Pinehouse Lake RCMP say they received information that drugs were being sold out of a Pinehouse area home and they executed a search warrant the same day. With the...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2018
RCMP are looking into the actions of officers following the death of an 43-year-old Onion Lake Cree Nation man Monday. Mounties say they identified the male suspect Saturday, following an assault complaint on the First Nation. Officers claim they observed the man was...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2018
Vince Natomagan is no longer on the Board of Northlands College. “I want to inform the people of this House, that today the Cabinet has canceled the appointment of Mr. Natomagan and all the boards he served on, that’s Northlands College and as well as the Communities...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2018
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says Canada needs to keep up with the goals of Indigenous people. “Getting out from the Indian Act is a mutual goal,” Bennett said at an Assembly of First Nations meeting taking place in Ottawa. “We are working...
