by MBC News | Aug 20, 2012
Sweetgrass First Nation resident Henry Beaudry and former Red Pheasant Cree Nation resident Gerald McMaster have another honour. Both were inducted into North Battleford’s Frontier Mall Wall of Fame on Saturday. Beaudry is a well-known painter and a grandson of...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2012
The official opening of a housing initiative for seniors in the Northern Village of Air Ronge was celebrated today. The federal and provincial governments are providing a combined $1.7 million for this project. The development consists of 12 two-bedroom units. The...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2012
It will be a four-year journey but the major players have committed more than $8 million to fund the North American Indigenous games in Regina. They will be held in July of 2014. The process began in 2010, when the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations submitted...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2012
A Christopher Lake man says he hopes to improve the governance-model and structure of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan — if elected president. Bryan Lee is one of the six people to toss their hats into the ring for the chance to lead the MN–S. The current...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2012
A Nipawin man has been fined nearly 22-thousand dollars for evading taxes while living near North Battleford. 56-year-old John Wesley Scott pleaded guilty in North Battleford Provincial Court to evading taxes. Court was told Scott failed to report income totalling...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2012
The nominees are in for this year’s election at Pinehouse. Incumbent mayor Mike Natamagon is letting his name stand for re-election. He will be opposed by challenger Dale Smith. There are four councilor’s chairs also up for grabs. 15 people have entered...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2012
A man is recovering today after being fished out of the North Saskatchewan river. Paramedics got the word around 8:00 Thursday night that an adult male was spotted in the water. Lyle Karasiuk says members of their boat-launch team got the man out and took him to the...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2012
There’s new information about a fatal collision on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. RCMP say 31 year-old Wilson Mckay Peters has been charged with impaired driving causing death and three other charges for his alleged role in the crash. Around 10:20 p.m. on...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2012
Mounties are still investigating after a couple of runway lights were knocked out on the Wollaston Lake airstrip. RCMP say it was earlier this week that some pilots noticed not all of the lights on the strip were working. Officials notified the province’s...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2012
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says it is joining a class action lawsuit that was recently filed in British Columbia on behalf of day school survivors. The statement of claim includes thousands of students who were left out of the $1.9-billion...
