by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017
Junction of Highway 106 and 135 in September. Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Department of Highways. The member nations of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations agree the province’s policy to manage forest fires rather than suppress needs to be...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017
Lucky Man First Nation Chief Crystal Okemaw gives the women’s commission address at the FSIN legislative assembly in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations passed a motion rejecting provincial policy on hunting...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017
Photo courtesy of FSIN The 2018 Tony Cote First Nation Winter Games will be coming to northern Saskatchewan. Three Prince Albert Grand Council communities were selected to host the games in the northeast part of the province. Red Earth, Shoal Lake and Cumberland House...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017
Woodland caribou. Photo courtesy of Junior Tremblay, Twitter. A long-awaited provincial plan on how to protect the boreal woodland caribou is expected to be released next week. The draft plan is the result of years of research and consultations with various groups,...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017
Photo courtesy of Regina Police Service Police are looking for Julian Bitternose, an 11-year-old boy, who was last seen in Regina on Tuesday afternoon. Julian is 4’5” tall, 65 pounds, with a thin build and short brown, Mohawk-styled hair. Police do not believe the boy...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017
Photo courtesy of Statistics Canada More than 16 per cent of Saskatchewan’s population is Aboriginal, making it the youngest and fastest growing demographic in the Canadian population. The latest census numbers were released today by Statistics Canada. Over the last...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. File photo. Over the next couple of days, members of over 70 First Nations in Saskatchewan will gather in Saskatoon to pass resolutions and elect new leaders. The fall legislative assembly for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2017
Grand chief Brian Hardlotte addressing the PAGC Assembly for the first time. Photo by Travis Radke. Brian Hardlotte has been elected as the first new leader of the PAGC in 12 years. The grand chief election was the main event of the council’s two day annual...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2017
Frederick Frank Frenchman. Photo courtesy Government of Saskatchewan. An inmate with a violent history has escaped custody from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Authorities say Frederick Frank Frenchman escaped custody on Tuesday afternoon while attending a funeral...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2017
Photo courtesy of tourismsaskatchewan.com A 39-year-old man from Deschambault Lake is dead, and three other residents from that community were injured in a rollover that happened around noon on Saturday. The four people were riding in a pickup truck which left the...
