by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012 | Current News
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is calling on the provincial government and the Opposition to support the recent call by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs for a national inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women in Canada. The FSIN believes...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s two northern MLAs will be doing a lot of legwork this summer gathering names for a petition aimed at blocking changes to Employment Insurance. It is part of a national campaign launched this morning by Manitoba NDP MP Niki Ashton. Her concern is...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012 | Current News
A preliminary hearing will be held in early December for a Pelican Lake First Nation man accused of second-degree murder. Eighteen-year-old Jay Lyndon Thomas is accused of killing his cousin, 23-year-old Robi Davis, earlier this year. The murder is said to have...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012 | Current News
Trial dates in Battleford have been set for a 57-year-old convicted sex offender. The 10-day trial for Norbert Dumais is scheduled to begin March 18th next year in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench. Dumais is charged with sexual assault, uttering threats,...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012 | Current News
A faculty expansion is underway at the First Nations University of Canada. The school’s new vice-president of academics says as many as eight new faculty will be hired as part of its new strategic plan. Dr. Lynn Wells says she looks forward to recruiting and...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2012 | Current News
Aboriginal youth between the ages of 15 and 21 will get the chance to learn more about their culture next week. Starting on Sunday, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is holding a youth culture camp just south of Waskesiu. FSIN Vice-Chief Bobby Cameron says...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2012 | Current News
There is still no word on when Ottawa will lift the funding freeze on Canada’s largest urban aboriginal program. The Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth initiative is currently going through a review. The $22-million program helped pay for projects like...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2012 | Current News
Today marks eight years since five-year-old Tamra Keepness of Regina was last seen by her family. The investigation into her disappearance is still open, and has been taken over the Historical Case Unit. The Regina Board of Police Commissioners has approved the...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2012 | Current News
Nine people are facing charges after a large amount of liquor was seized by Turnor Lake RCMP. Mounties, assisted by members of the local SADD chapter, set up a checkstop near the northern community last Friday. Police say four vehicles checked carried wine, vodka...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2012 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Regional Water Corporation has lifted its precautionary drinking water advisory. The advisory affected La Ronge, Air Ronge, and adjacent Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserves. Residents of those communities had been asked to boil their water since last...
