by MBC News | Nov 7, 2011 | Current News
An expert in the wild fur market says he hopes cold weather descends on China and Russia soon. Dave Bewick of North American Fur Auctions says the economies in those two countries are the most important ones for the industry which is why it’s important residents over...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2011 | Current News
An investigation is underway in La Loche after a student was stabbed this week. RCMP say it was Thursday morning, around 11:30 a.m., when an incident occurred at La Loche community high school. Officers walked in to find an ambulance crew treating a wounded 15...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2011 | Current News
A new study paints a stark contrast about bullying that occurs on-reserve and when the practise takes place off-reserve. Marla Rogers is one of the researchers who took part in the study. It was carried out on 7 First Nations within the Saskatoon area back in May of...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2011 | Current News
The food bank in the Battlefords has seen an 8 percent drop in the number of clients. Executive Director Bill Hall says there are several reasons for that. For one thing, rents in the Battlefords are high and vacancies are low, so some clients have moved elsewhere. ...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2011 | Current News
An Aboriginal university student says a First Nations political party is a good idea. The proposal was put forward yesterday by Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox, who says several chiefs are in favour of it. Erica Lee, a third-year University of Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2011 | Current News
The RCMP say they are looking into allegations of influence of appointments after receiving complaints over a recent election on the Big River First Nation. Sgt. Paul Dawson says officers from the Saskatoon-based commercial crimes unit and the Prince Albert-based...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2011 | Current News
Okanese First Nation Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier says she is working to get her people off of welfare and into jobs. Day Walker-Pelletier was recently acclaimed as chief for her 16th term in office. She says she wants to develop partnerships with the...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011 | Current News
Big River RCMP have charged three people after an elderly woman was assaulted in her home in Debden on Saturday. Police say two men and a 16-year-old boy are also facing charges for a number of other break-ins in the Big River area. The suspects are 25-year-old Ervin...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011 | Current News
It’s time for First Nations people to set up their own political party, according to Onion Lake Chief Wallace Fox. Fox says research shows if Aboriginal people voted for that party they would win at least 11 seats — and those seats would cover half the...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011 | Current News
Two provincial election candidates from Meadow Lake are trading barbs over the issue of nuclear waste storage in the province. Yesterday, the NDP’s Helen Ben issued a press release where she appeared to link the provincial government’s study on nuclear power...
