by MBC News | Feb 17, 2016
Warren Littlewolfe (left) and Gene Tyler Takakenew (right). Photos supplied by RCMP Onion Lake RCMP has released a long list of names and long list of charges related to a Monday morning incident on the reserve that led police to ask people to stay in their homes. Two...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2016
On Tuesday, Georgina Jolibois’s voice broke as she spoke in parliament about last month’s mass shooting in La Loche. Jolibois, the Desnethe-Missinipi Churchill River MP, stood in the Ottawa House of Commons to extend thanks across Canada. It’s been several...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2016
A Saskatchewan Cree author is gratified and excited that her first novel has been recognized and nominated in three categories in the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Carol Daniels is a former broadcaster, and current artist and author. Her first book, called Bearskin Diary,...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2016
Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand signs 338 writs for the 42nd general election. Photo courtesy Elections Canada, Facebook. An indigenous political blog is saying there are more First Nations ballot shortages in the federal election than previously reported. The...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2016
Nine people have been taken into custody following an incident on the Onion Lake Cree Nation yesterday morning. At one point, Mounties were advising residents in the area to stay in their homes. However, the RCMP say there was no risk to public safety. They were...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2016
An autopsy will be conducted today following a suspicious death in Pelican Narrows over the weekend. Mounties responded to a complaint of an injured person at a residence in Pelican Narrows Friday evening. A 21-year-old man was taken to the health centre in Pelican...
by MBC News | Feb 16, 2016
Showcasing the strengths and attributes of Indigenous education to a wider audience is the goal of an upcoming conference. The Think Indigenous Education Conference takes place March 16-18 in Saskatoon. The annual conference will be hosted by the University of...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2016
Details are sparse on a heated exchange that put the Saskatoon campus of SIIT into lockdown Friday morning, Around 11 a.m., Saskatoon police were called to a report of a student threatening an instructor at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, which is...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2016
The courtroom was packed and emotions were high at a sentencing hearing today for the Regina couple convicted of starving a four-year-old girl to death and causing serious harm to her two-year-old sister. Today, Tammy and Kevin Goforth addressed the court to say...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2016
The direction of education for Northern Lights School Division is clarifying what’s happening with La Loche Community School in the wake of last month’s mass shooting. Over the past few weeks since a shooter entered the Dene Building of the La Loche Community School,...
