by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011 | Current News
Nine Saskatchewan citizens were invested into the Order of Merit last night, including the chief of the Whitecap Dakota Nation. Chief Darcy Bear says during his 20 years as a councillor and now chief, his community has gone from near bankruptcy and third party...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011 | Current News
A former prison guard in Prince Albert who was arrested after he allegedly struck and killed a teenage girl on a bicycle has pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Forty-three-year-old Leslie Samoleski was initially charged with impaired driving causing death, criminal...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011 | Current News
Red Pheasant First Nation Chief Stewart Baptiste will be back in court next fall to face several drunk driving-related charges. He is accused of impaired driving, refusing to provide a breath sample, and failing to appear in court. A trial on those charges has been...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011 | Current News
A 63-year-old man from Southend was recently rescued by a police helicopter after becoming stranded at his cabin on Reindeer Lake. RCMP say the man set out by boat on November 10th and was reported overdue on November 29th — 15 days after he was scheduled to...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011 | Current News
A spokesperson for Aboriginal women says the federal government provides good housing for its employees in Canada’s far north — and if it can do that, it should be able to do the same for remote Aboriginal communities. Native Women’s Association of...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011 | Current News
The federal government needs to support the education of First Nations children now and not bring in more legislation, according to a new independent report by three First Nations groups. Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief Simon Bird says the...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2011 | Current News
RCMP have arrested three people and have issued arrest warrants for two others following a fatal stabbing last week in Fort Qu’Appelle. Police say 23-year-old Cassidy Aaron Goforth of the Peepeekisis First Nation faces a charge of robbery with violence. A second...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2011 | Current News
A Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation tribunal has rejected an appeal launched by one of the candidates in the band’s chief election earlier this year. Harold Linklater lost to incumbent chief Darrell McCallum by nine votes. Linklater was denied a recount, despite the...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2011 | Current News
A woman charged with attacking another woman with a hatchet on a northern Saskatchewan reserve nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Thirty-one-year-old Jennifer Walker was arrested after the incident in Sucker River on January 10th, 2010....
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2011 | Current News
Five men were arrested in Prince Albert recently after police launched a crackdown on the sex trade in the community. Officers seized five vehicles while carrying out the sting. The accused are due in court tomorrow. Meantime, the police service says it has mailed...
