by MBC News | Dec 9, 2011
The Prince Albert Grand Council’s 15th annual First Nations language festival is underway at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium today. Roughly 70 students from three different schools made it to the city for the event. Throughout the day, participants are...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
The body found in a North Battleford house earlier this week has been identified as 45-year-old Ronald William Peequaquat. The Red Pheasant First Nation man had been missing since June 25th. Police say relatives reported him missing in August. The body was found...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Two people from Wollaston Lake are safe after getting lost and then being found by members of the Canadian Rangers. RCMP say a 51-year-old man and his 18-year-old son lost their way Wednesday afternoon after snowmobiling across the lake from Barge Landing. Police say...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
NDP MLA Buckley Belanger says there needs to be more help for youth in the province’s north who attempt suicide. Belanger brought the matter up during question period in the Legislative Assembly today after hearing from a mother whose son has attempted suicide...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
More light is being shed on why charges against a former prison guard, accused of running into and killing a young girl on a bicycle, were reduced this week in a Prince Albert court. Leslie Samoleski pleaded guilty on Monday to possessing a weapon dangerous to the...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
New legislation is being suggested to help improve First Nations student graduation rates and educational outcomes. A First Nations Education Act is just one of the recommendations from the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Committee member Senator...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
A new report by Statistics Canada says nearly a quarter of Saskatchewan residents will be Aboriginal by 2031. According to the numbers, 21 – 24% of the province’s population will be First Nations or Metis. That’s up from 2006, when the percentage was...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Encanto Potash Corporation says its Muskowekewan First Nation partners will be having a second vote to designate land for the exploration and development of a mine. Encanto President and CEO Jim Walchuk says the First Nation’s chief and council has passed a...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Individual rights could be an issue as the Cowessess First Nation formulates a drug policy, according to Chief Grady Lerat. The band has been considering various ways to get rid of drugs on the reserve. Lerat says random drug testing has been suggested. He says the...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Some final numbers from the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation are shedding more light on the kind of year it has been for Saskatchewan commercial fishers. According to the marketing body, just 344 fishers submitted fish to the agency this year — 69 fewer...
