by MBC News | Jul 18, 2012
Shawn Atleo has been elected to a second three-year term as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The voting at the AFN annual meeting in Toronto went to three ballots, but Atleo easily defeated the seven other candidates. In the final vote, he received 341...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2012
A researcher with the University of Saskatchewan has published a report that finds diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate among First Nations children in the province. The groundbreaking research covers a longer period of time than any other childhood diabetes...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2012
The medium security unit of the federal penitentiary in Prince Albert remains under lockdown today. The move follows a large fight which broke out at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary Monday evening, injuring seven inmates. They are all recovering. Correctional Service of...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2012
Saskatchewan Environment says while no communities are being threatened by forest fires — smoke continues to be a problem. Spokesman Brent Krayetski says this is particularly true in the La Ronge, Southend and Pelican Narrows areas. Krayetski says atmospheric...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2012
A former candidate for national chief doesn’t think there is a clear favourite this time around. The Assembly of First Nations kicked off its annual general assembly today in Toronto. Tomorrow’s national chief election is the big item on this week’s...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2012
Help from Victims Services has been offered to Mosquito First Nation residents in the wake of a tragic accident over the weekend. Three people from the Mosquito reserve were killed and two injured after a car flipped into a pond near Battleford at about 3:00 a.m....
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2012
The final Memorial Run for Daleen Bosse begins today in Martensville and ends Friday at the Onion Lake Cree Nation. The 25-year-old mother of three went missing from Saskatoon in May 2004, and was found murdered in August 2008 near Martensville. Bosse’s mother,...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2012
Since Saturday, a Moosomin First Nation youth has been in Toronto to compete in the Miss Teen Canada World pageant. Today, Nikita Kahpeaysewat’s mom, Chuckie Nicotine, is flying to Toronto to support her. Nicotine says she’s very proud of her daughter,...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2012
Three people from the Mosquito First Nation are dead after a car crashed and was partially submerged in water near Battleford. RCMP say officers were called shortly after 3:00 Sunday morning after the car rolled and hit the water about 30 km south of Battleford....
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2012
It was anything but a routine delivery for a mother from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation over the weekend. She went into labour early Saturday morning and was being rushed to hospital in Prince Albert — but the trip did not go as planned. Paramedics began the...
