by MBC News | Nov 21, 2012 | Current News
A high-ranking member of a Saskatchewan First Nation is facing a charge of assault. Band councilor Darwin Morin of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation was charged following an alleged incident last month at a casino near Edmonton. In addition to the assault charge, Morin...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012 | Current News
A woman has been arrested after a fatal stabbing in Grandmother’s Bay. 44 year-old Mary Roberts is accused of stabbing and killing 37 year-old Adam Eninew. Roberts and Eninew shared a home together. RCMP say his body was discovered outside a house on the reserve...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012 | Current News
A 43 year-old snowmobile rider is dead after the sled he was riding broke through the ice on Deschambault Lake. RCMP say it was on Friday officers responded to a report of an impaired driver. They tried to stop the man but he took off on a snowmobile across the ice....
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012 | Current News
The impact of poverty is the subject of a special “movie-night” in Saskatoon. Beginning at 7:00 p.m. the Broadway Theatre will screen three short films about how poverty affects the local community. The first film follows the coach of the Saskatoon Blades, Lorne...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012 | Current News
A search is still underway on the One Arrow reserve for a missing person there. Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends at his house early in the morning. For weeks now his family has been looking for him....
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012 | Current News
The Yorkton Tribal Council is holding a two-day brainstorming session today on how to get more young people off the couch. The Saskatoon Inn is the setting for the Regional Active Measures Conference. Organizer Sabrina Sparvier says the YTC is working hard to get...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2012 | Current News
Darcy Bear has been re-elected chief of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. In a release the band says he collected 85% of the votes cast in an election on Friday. He now begins a four-year term. Bear has led the First Nation since 1991. Since that time the band says it...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2012 | Current News
A search is being organized tomorrow on the One Arrow first nation for a missing man. 38 year-old Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen by anyone since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends on the reserve around 1:00 a.m. Mounties say snowfall...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2012 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation says it wants to help First Nations entrepreneurs get their business projects off the ground. The group’s general manager Terry Brodziak says he thinks many young First Nations entrepreneurs have great ideas, they just...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2012 | Current News
A graduation ceremony took place this morning at Christopher Lake for a unique program. 10 graduates of the “Beahr” program walked across the floor to receive their diplomas. The Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) Environmental Monitoring...
