by MBC News | Jan 23, 2013 | Current News
An official with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says he is hopeful his organization can work with the provincial government to improve education and employment for First Nations people. FSIN Vice-Chief Simon Bird was responding to a new report released...
by MBC News | Jan 23, 2013 | Current News
The new sentencing date in the Poundmaker First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement fraud and theft case is Feb. 1. Judge Dan O’Hanlon announced the decision Tuesday. O’Hanlon said he needs time to figure out an appropriate sentence. He’s not sure how restitution can be...
by MBC News | Jan 23, 2013 | Current News
The political situation on the Standing Buffalo First Nation is in chaos. A group has been occupying the band’s office, northeast of Regina, since Friday and refuses to leave until it gets a meeting to discuss concerns about how the First Nation spends its money....
by MBC News | Jan 23, 2013 | Current News
An election for chief and council on the Moosomin First Nation is being held today. Seven people are running for chief – while 42 others are running for the eight seats on council. The election was called after Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada removed...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2013 | Current News
There are now six people in custody in relation to the first-degree murder of an 18-year-old Aboriginal male in Prince Albert last September. Twenty-year-old Michael Trevor Andrew Ward was arrested in Hobbema, Alberta last Wednesday. He is implicated in the murder of...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2013 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Police Commission has approved the use of tasers by municipal police “in appropriate situations”. The commission says the approval includes strict controls and accountability requirements, including a post-use review each time a taser is deployed. The...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2013 | Current News
A new report says Saskatchewan is falling behind both Alberta and Manitoba in terms of First Nations employment and the provincial government is partially to blame. The report is called Employment of First Nations People: Saskatchewan Lags Behind. It shows that in...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2013 | Current News
A 28-year-old woman from the Kawacatoose First Nation was trapped inside her car in extremely cold weather after being struck by a train at Punnichy early yesterday morning. RCMP say the crash took place at 6:45 a.m. at the main crossing in Punnichy. Emergency crews...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2013 | Current News
The Correctional Service of Canada has identified the inmate who died at Saskatoon’s Regional Psychiatric Centre over the weekend. Thirty-six-year-old Kinew James was found unresponsive in her cell Saturday. The CSC says life-saving measures were attempted and...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2013 | Current News
The First Nations University of Canada is doing everything it can to contact as many as 289 students who may have been exposed to contaminated blood testing equipment over the past nine years. It involves students who took part in a blood typing exercise in a biology...
