by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
It is up and it is running. The province’s first online casino opened this morning. It is being run out of an office on the Whitebear First Nation in southeast Sasktchewan. The former chief of the reserve, Bernie Shepherd, is behind the new Northern Bear Casino....
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the successful completion of negotiations between Canada and India that will implement a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement, originally signed in 2010. Premier Brad Wall is applauding the uranium deal. Wall says the...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
The trial for a man charged after a riot in La Loche last year will not be taking place. The proceedings were scheduled to begin yesterday, but 10 charges against 27-year-old Fabian Laprise were stayed by the Crown late last month. On September 30th, 2011, emergency...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
The chief of the Hatchet Lake First Nation is warning people to stay off of ice in the area. Bart Tsannie says there is some ice along the shoreline of Wollaston Lake, but it is still too dangerous. Tsannie says he has heard of a couple of snowmobiles already going...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Two teens have appeared briefly in court charged with the first-degree murders of a couple in northern Saskatchewan. The boys, 14 and 17, are to be in Meadow Lake Provincial Court again in three weeks. A publication ban prevents releasing any information that may...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Online gaming is coming to Saskatchewan — but it won’t come without a fight. The government says it is illegal. However, the man behind it says he welcomes any legal challenge. The site, called the Northern Bear Casino, will be run out of an office on the White...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Almost two months after the first vote was cast, May Henderson has been declared the new provincial secretary of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan. Today, the MN-S released the results of a judicial recount that took place in Saskatoon on October 29th and 30th....
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
The Native Law Program at the University of Saskatchewan is celebrating 40 years of success. The program offers an eight-week course on property law to Aboriginal students who are looking at pursuing a legal career. The director of the program, Ruth Thompson, says it...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Recent snowfall in the Wakaw district is hampering the search for a missing First Nations man. Thirty-eight-year-old Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen by anyone since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends on the One Arrow Reserve around 1:00 a.m....
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2012 | Current News
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has completed three days of community hearings in northern Saskatchewan. Meetings were held Monday and Tuesday in Patuanak and yesterday in Ile a la Crosse. Commissioner Willie Littlechild says former students of residential...
