by MBC News | Mar 6, 2012 | Current News
A senator says a new bill gives the Aboriginal Affairs minister too much power to intervene in First Nations communities. If passed, Bill S-6 would give the minster the power to settle lengthy governance disputes in bands. During a Senate committee hearing earlier...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2012 | Current News
Regina Police are warning the public about a “high-risk sexual offender’ who is now living in the city. Police say 45-year-old William Bill Tedjuk is living in the Heritage neighbourhood of Regina in a residence that provides supervision and monitoring of...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2012 | Current News
The impact of Prince Albert’s boil water order is being felt by those who help out the poor. Dawn Robbins is the executive director of the West Flat Citizens Group. She says they have been forced to continuously boil water to cook for the 90 or so people who use...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2012 | Current News
After a brief lull, a forestry group in northwest Saskatchewan is looking to cash in on the province’s rebounding forest industry. Northwest Communities Wood Products is reportedly talking to Paper Excellence and another group about forest opportunities in its...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012 | Current News
The Beardy’s Okemasis First Nation is a step closer to hosting an NHL pre-season game. Duck Lake has made the Top 15 in the Kraft Hockeyville competition, and is up against Rosthern and Teulon, Manitoba in the running to become the West region nominee in the...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012 | Current News
A 19-year-old White Bear First Nation man is accused of killing his father this past weekend. RCMP say 48-year-old Kelvin “Kim” Myers was found dead inside a reserve residence at around 9:00 Saturday morning. The suspect, Kelvin “Lyle” Myers,...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012 | Current News
A 19-year-old Saskatoon man is facing a second-degree murder charge in relation to a fatal stabbing in the city this past weekend. Police say they found the 22-year-old male victim dead in a home in the 400 block of Avenue J North late Saturday evening. The victim has...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012 | Current News
A 24-year-old man from the Keeseekoose First Nation has been arrested following a stabbing on the reserve this past weekend. Quinton Roy Quewezance is facing a charge of aggravated assault and is making a court appearance in Yorkton today. RCMP say they were called to...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012 | Current News
Battlefords RCMP say six teens facing charges after a series of break-ins are believed to be part of a street gang. Saturday morning, police received reports of a stolen vehicle and a home break-in on 107th Street. Investigators arrested six suspects aged 15 to 19...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2012 | Current News
A lawyer who worked as a prosecutor in Regina, Saskatoon and La Ronge is now a provincial court judge. Inez J. Cardinal received a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1990. Cardinal has been a lecturer at the First Nations University northern campus in...
