by MBC News | Oct 15, 2013 | Current News
A long-time rodeo legend is back in the saddle on the Kahkewistahaw first nation near Broadview. Over the weekend Louis Taypotat was elected chief of the first nation in a court-ordered election. He defeated his nephew Sheldon Taypotat to resume a job he has held for...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2013 | Current News
A woman on the Mistawasis First Nation says she has a pretty good idea of what an upcoming inquest into her son’s death is going say. But Sherry Bird says she’s still hopeful it will give the family some closure. On July 2nd of 2010 she gave her son, 19...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
The chief of the Buffalo River Dene Nation says he thinks a visit to his reserve and other communities by an United Nations official will make a major impact on the country. Chief Lance Byhette says professor James Anaya will be in his community on Sunday morning...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
The president of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan says he wishes a Northern MP would just call him up instead of going through the media to outlay his concerns. On Tuesday Rob Clarke of Desnethe-Missinipi Churchill River issued a press release to various parties,...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
Some good news on the labour front for Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal workforce. Off-reserve aboriginal employment was up by 4,800 jobs last month — a 12.3% increase from September 2012. It is the eight month in a row the year-over-year numbers have been going...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
Residents of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation now have some more housing options open to them. A sod-turning ceremony is being held in nearby Blaine Lake this morning for the pending construction of five homes. The rental units will offer families a safe, affordable spot...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
An inquest has been called into the death of a teenager from the Mistawasis First Nation. Nineteen-year-old Brandon Daniels died in a Saskatoon jail cell in the summer of 2010. He was picked up by officers on suspicion he was intoxicated, but his mother said he had a...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
Regina police have been cleared of any wrong-doing in the shooting death of a dog in the backyard of a north central Regina home last March. An officer was investigating an assault in the area when he encountered Peter Cote’s pit bull. When the dog ran toward the...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
A 16-year-old girl missing from her Regina home has been found safe and sound in northern Saskatchewan. Clarissa Custer was last seen leaving her Regina home on Monday afternoon. She had just moved to the city and left without any possessions or money — and...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013 | Current News
A 37-year-old woman from La Loche is in custody after a man was sent to hospital in Saskatoon early this morning with life-threatening injuries. Authorities say they responded to a 911 call from a residence in the 1800 block of 22nd Street West at around 1:50 a.m....
