by MBC News | Oct 21, 2013 | Current News
A Winnipeg lawyer says he’s tired of seeing aboriginal offenders being given bail conditions they can’t live by. William Marks says for years, offenders were told to check in at a certain building in Winnipeg, as part of their weekly bail supervision. The problem was,...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013 | Current News
A coalition of First Nations near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border say they’ve sold their first two loads of heavy oil. The Cold Lake First Nations joint venture says that’s approximately 377 barrels in all. Walter Janvier is a spokesperson for the group....
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013 | Current News
It was slow going for motorists on highway 10 near Balcarres this afternoon. Idle No More protestors staged a three hour highway slowdown in a show of solidarity for the Elsipogtog first nation north of Moncton New Brunswick. About a dozen members of the band were...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013 | Current News
The spokesman for an anti-racism group in the province says he doubts an upcoming inquest into the death of a First Nations teenager will really shed any new light on the case. Bob Hughes of the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism says the family of 19 year-old...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2013 | Current News
Well it took longer than many people expected but a new vice-chief has been elected at the Saskatoon Tribal Council. Last night Mark Arcand unseated the incumbent, Geraldine Arcand, to win the title. Mark Arcand is a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and spent six...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2013 | Current News
Sexual touching, attempted intercourse, giving alcohol to minors and showing them pornographic pictures were some of the allegations leveled against a former employee of the Beauval Indian Residential School during a trial in a Battlefords court room on Thursday. Paul...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2013 | Current News
The Metis Nation of Saskatchewan is calling on the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, along with all Saskatchewan Conservative MPs, to meet with its executive regarding some concerns of a Northern Saskatchewan MP. This morning MN-S...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2013 | Current News
Anti-poverty groups handed out bagged lunches today at street corners across Canada. In Regina, local organizer, Florence Stratton says her bags contained an apple and a postcard addressed to the Prime Minister calling for a poverty action plan. Stratton says food...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2013 | Current News
A retired inspector with the RCMP says he fears an over-abundance of responsibilities is hampering the Mounties’ ability to remain effective. Ian Parsons spent over thirty years in the force. During that time he has seen a lot of change. He says the RCMP used to have...
by MBC News | Oct 17, 2013 | Current News
A chief from southern Saskatchewan says she thinks the Idle No More movement helped spark a recent visit to Canada by a United Nations official. Chief Lynn Acoose of the Sakimay First Nation says she’s pleased with Dr. James Anaya’s initial findings of problems facing...
