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...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011 | Current News
The 2011 Hunger Count is showing that a large number of Aboriginal people in western Canada — especially Saskatchewan — are using the food bank. The report says one quarter of the individuals helped from Manitoba through British Columbia self-identified as...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has won a legal victory in its bid to sue a former director of the corporation. Saskatoon lawyer Bob Kennedy says an application by his client Shelly Bear to get the lawsuit against her dropped has failed. He explains they...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2011 | Current News
A 17-year-old-male is the second person being charged in connection with an armed robbery in the La Ronge area. The theft took place over the weekend at a business on a local reserve. The youth is charged with robbery with a firearm, pointing a firearm, using a...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011 | Current News
A woman who falsely accused a police officer of sexual assault has now been sentenced for assaulting a police officer. Thirty-seven-year-old Myrtle Chamakese of the Pelican Lake First Nation received three months in jail. That will be tacked on to the six months she...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011 | Current News
About 50 people crowded into the meeting room of a Prince Albert hotel today to witness a hearing examining a disputed election on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. The vote on March 26th, 2010 saw incumbent chief Wesley Daniels narrowly defeat challenger Henry Felix....
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011 | Current News
A 24-year-old Moosomin First Nation man received a silver medal for bravery yesterday. Tyler Mooswa received the medal for saving his two-year-old sister from their burning house. The fire broke out on the morning of April 11th last year. Tyler woke his mom and told...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2011 | Current News
A La Ronge man is facing charges after a weekend armed robbery. The incident in the 200 block of Bell’s Point Road was reported around 1:30 Saturday afternoon. RCMP say the suspects took off on foot and several items of clothing were found in a wooded area. The...
