by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011 | Current News
Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a 17-year-old missing from the Echo Valley Youth Centre. Leslie Whitebear left the facility Tuesday afternoon and was followed by staff who lost sight of him in the bush. Police say its...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011 | Current News
An order barring a Calgary-based law firm from holding Independent Assessment Hearings with residential school survivors has been lifted. It was last week that the firm Blott and Company was ordered by a court in British Columbia to cease all of its hearings. Few...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011 | Current News
A tragic shooting in Regina involving two family members reached closure last week. 46-year old Dennis Dustyhorn recieved a two-year suspended sentence for pleading guilty to mischief endangering a life. Three years ago Dustyhorn accidently shot his nephew. 21-year...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011 | Current News
For the first time in its history, the Canadian Western Agribition will include a First Nations pavilion. Elmer Eashappie is the project’s architect and says it’s a great opportunity for cultural awareness. “We’ll have the Office of the Treaty...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011 | Current News
A Homeless Shelter planned for North Battleford is just a bandaid solution according to a city councillor. On Monday night Ray Fox voted against a zoning change to allow the shelter because he says a homeless shelter isn’t enough. He says homelessness is more than not...
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2011 | Current News
It was a historic day in Regina this morning as the Metis Infinity Flag was raised in the City Hall square – a first for any city in Canada. Mayor Pat Fiacco says the flag goes beyond a symbol but is meant to instill pride for youth and promote future opportunities...
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2011 | Current News
Officials at the Montreal lake Cree Nation say everyone is pulling together in the wake of this week’s fire at the band office. On Monday, a fire tore through three administration offices prompting an evacuation of the structure. Executive assistant Norman Ross says...
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2011 | Current News
A national native leader says she’s tired of seeing the provinces hand out money earmarked for aboriginal social housing. Betty Ann Lavallee says her group fought tooth and nail for what little money they got. The leader of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Lavallee...
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2011 | Current News
The RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance with a hit and run accident involving a young pedestrian on the Poundmaker First Nation. According to police, a boy in his early teens was struck by a vehicle in the early evening hours of October 4th in a remote area...
by MBC News | Nov 15, 2011 | Current News
The provincial government has released last year’s trapping statistics. According to the numbers Saskatchewan trappers sold one million, eight hundred and eighty-two thousand dollars worth of pelts in 2010-2011. That’s up substantially from the year before when...
