by MBC News | Oct 14, 2011
Wanuskewin Heritage Park will be the setting today for a new film about the life of a historic leader. Big Bear defended First Nations people during the signing of treaty. He was eventually thrown into jail by the government even though he worked tirelessly to prevent...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2011
If an NDP government is elected talks would begin on sharing resource revenue. NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter made that promise at the Red Pheasant First Nation today. “My view is that First Nations people do have a right to some of the resources. The question is...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2011
A Regina-based lawyer says he hasn’t seen any evidence some attorneys are providing bad legal advice to residential school survivors. A recent story by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network indicates warnings have gone out to some lawyers telling them they might...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2011
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Felix Thomas says First Nation community members of the STC could have the right to vote extended to them within a few years. Thomas notes, right now, only chiefs and delegates can select the tribal chief and vice-chiefs. He says several...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2011
A Saskatchewan man declared a long term offender for sexual and drinking offences received another sentence yesterday. Albert Bull was sentenced in North Battleford Provincial Court to one month in jail for violating terms of his release by drinking. In June, Bull was...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2011
Marchers took to the streets of Prince Albert yesterday to call attention to the problem of homelessness. The YWCA’s Rose-Marie Bird says several people don’t have a fixed place to live due to high rental costs. Bird says the situation is so bad some people are forced...
by MBC News | Oct 12, 2011
A former Prime Minister of Canada was in Saskatoon today announcing a new program to help students stay in school and go on to succeed in business.The Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneurship program will begin at the Oskayak High School with funding from the Royal Bank of...
by MBC News | Oct 12, 2011
A 52-year-old inmate has escaped from the Riverbend Institution near Prince Albert. Joseph Nippi was discovered missing from the minimum security institution during last night’s count. Angela Weber is the assistant warden of the institution. She says Nippi was serving...
by MBC News | Oct 12, 2011
An internal investigation is being launched at the Willow Cree Healing Lodge after the recent escape of an inmate there. Twenty-six-year-old Terrance Bear went missing from the facility back on September 16th. At the time, he was serving a sentence of 13 years for two...
by MBC News | Oct 12, 2011
Two youths have been arrested in connection with a house fire on the Waterhen Lake First Nation. The house, which burnt down September 29th, was under construction. It was supposed to be a home for RCMP members serving on the reserve. The two boys were arrested Sunday...
