by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
Team North is sending around 70 athletes to compete at the upcoming Saskatchewan Winter Games in North Battleford later in the month. “They’re going to be facing the best competition in the province, so I think they’ll start getting excited once they hit the charter...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
Meetings on the Atlas of the Metis of Northwest Saskatchewan Project will be hosted in Buffalo Narrows on February 12 and Ile-a-la-Crosse on February 13. The Gabriel Dumont Institute will host the sessions, which are scheduled to run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on each...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
A Red Cross training session on March 3 and 4 is aiming to prepare northern volunteers for future evacuations. The session will be held in Prince Albert and is open to anyone. Representatives with the health organization say participants need to get in touch soon if...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
It was the case of dueling firearms experts at the second degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley in Battleford today. He is accused of shooting 22 year old Colten Boushie to death in August of 2016 after Boushie and a group of his friends arrived at the Stanley Farm...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
The federal Department of Indigenous Affairs is weighing in on the current power struggle on Montreal Lake Cree Nation for the position of chief. In a statement provided to MBC, Indigenous Affairs was unwilling to say if they recognize any one person as chief of the...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
The Alex Robertson Public Library will be putting $15,000 towards their computers, thanks to a donation from AREVA. “AREVA believes in the importance of technology in the North, and the role that it can play in facilitating literacy and social connections,” says...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
Several organizations have come together to ensure stronger treaty education in Saskatchewan’s schools. The Saskatchewan School Board Association, the FSIN, Saskatchewan’s Indian Cultural Centre and the Office of the Treaty Commissioner all came together...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
A newcomer to cabinet has become Saskatchewan’s new Minister of First Nations, Metis and Northern Affairs. Warren Kaeding’s appointment was announced this morning as Scott Moe was formally sworn in as Saskatchewan’s premier. Kaeding was elected as...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
A bulge on the casing of the bullet that killed Colten Boushie came under intense scrutiny at the Gerald Stanley murder trial in Battleford today. The casing was recovered from the dashboard of the vehicle Boushie was sitting in when he was shot in the head in August...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2018
A witness described a completely different story about the shooting of Colten Boushie when she testified at the trial of the man accused of killing him today. Belinda Jackson was a back seat passenger in the SUV that entered Gerald Stanley’s farm yard in August of...
