by MBC News | Nov 10, 2011 | Current News
It was a solemn morning today at the First Nations University of Canada’s Regina campus as war veterans, students and faculty honoured one special veteran and his dream during Aboriginal Veterans Day. The late Howard Anderson, who passed away last year, was a...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2011 | Current News
A law-firm that represents residential school survivors has been ordered to cease all of its hearings related to the Independent Assessment Process. The order comes from the Supreme Court of British Columbia and is directed towards Calgary-based law-firm Blott and...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2011 | Current News
A vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations admits to being a little surprised about the wide margin of victory in Monday’s provincial election. Morley Watson says he wasn’t exactly sure what the numbers would be before the vote, but it definitely...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2011 | Current News
The newly re-elected MLA for Meadow Lake has some priorities. Jeremy Harrison says he’d like to work on stabilizing the forest industry. He says one way to do that might be to create another deal like the one between Norsask Forest Products, Sask Power, and MLTC....
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2011 | Current News
The New Democrats’ stranglehold in northern Saskatchewan will continue for the next four years. Both Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger and Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette handily defeated their Saskatchewan Party rivals in yesterday’s vote. Belanger finished...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2011 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Party candidate in Athabasca says something has to be done about the province’s voter ID requirements. Bobby Woods says there was a lot of confusion at the polls in his riding, which resulted in potential voters being turned away. The new...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2011 | Current News
RCMP continue the search for a missing 71-year-old man from White Fox. Police say there have been two sightings of James Joseph Gallagher. On Thursday he was seen in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba and on Friday in Flin Flon. Family members say Gallagher has a learning...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2011 | Current News
RCMP in La Ronge are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a robber in the community. On Saturday night, a female suspect walked into a business and made off with some money from the till. Sources tell MBC that the suspect was holding a hypodermic needle...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2011 | Current News
A resolution passed by the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan has brought a smile to one local leader. Bryan Lee of the Metis local in the Fish Lake/Christopher Lake region has long opposed the idea of transporting and storing nuclear waste in Saskatchewan. On Saturday he...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2011 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Party roared to victory in the 2011 election. Premier Brad Wall’s party was elected or leading in 49 ridings by late Monday night. The NDP was elected or leading in nine ridings, while the Greens and Liberals were both shut out. In northern...
