by MBC News | Apr 20, 2012 | Current News
The Poundmaker First Nation will meet April 26th to decide which election process it will follow in the wake of recent guilty pleas from band leaders for theft of Treaty Land Entitlement funds. Band members made that decision during an emergency meeting Thursday...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2012 | Current News
Police have now apprehended two Regina residents who were the subject of arrest warrants following two violent home invasions in the city earlier this month. Police say 27-year-old Ryan Varley and 28-year-old Kristin Lerat were arrested without incident in Regina this...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2012 | Current News
An environmental scientist says he thinks Saskatchewan’s far north could feel the impacts of climate change more sharply than the southern part of the province. Dr. Jeff Thorpe works for the Saskatchewan Research Council and recently published a study that...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2012 | Current News
An outreach worker in Prince Albert says she worries Aboriginal gangs are on the rise. Tammy Burns hails from the James Smith Cree Nation and works for the local YWCA. Burns attended a gathering of the local Metis Women’s Society yesterday. After working for six...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2012 | Current News
The chief of the Key First Nation will be going to trial in Court of Queen’s Bench on drug charges. So far, no trial date has been set for 58-year-old Clarence Papequash, who will face trial by judge alone. He was among 24 people charged in January 2011 after a...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2012 | Current News
The federal government has slashed the health budget of the Assembly of First Nations. The AFN says it will immediately see a reduction of 40% to its health capacity, resulting in layoffs. The group says First Nations citizens remain one of the most vulnerable and...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2012 | Current News
An outreach worker says she is excited about a new online program designed to help doctors become more comfortable treating Aboriginal people suffering from HIV/AIDS. The course in question is located on the website of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network. Its...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2012 | Current News
The Saskatoon Police Service has released a survey it says shows that residents are becoming more satisfied with police. The study was done last year by the research group Insightrix. It says overall satisfaction with the police service is 91.8% — that includes...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2012 | Current News
The results are in from a recent survey on plans for a new multiplex facility in La Ronge. The February survey received over 300 responses, and town council is using the results to move on with the project. Seventy-eight per cent of respondents said a swimming pool...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2012 | Current News
The founder of a firm looking to develop oil sands in northwest Saskatchewan is cutting ties with the company. Oilsands Quest has announced that Christopher Hopkins has resigned from its board of directors. At one time, Hopkins was the company’s CEO — but...
