by MBC News | Dec 6, 2013 | Current News
A First Nation in Manitoba is very close to completing the first self-government agreement on the prairies. Aboriginal Affairs minister Bernard Valcourt says the agreement with the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation had passed third reading. Once complete it will allow the...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2013 | Current News
Tom Jackson and a host of other musical performers will be in Saskatoon this weekend as part of the annual Huron Carole. The Huron Carole, which takes place at TCU Place on Sunday night, raises money for national food banks. Saskatoon Food Bank executive director...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2013 | Current News
La Ronge will have some new housing by the spring. Work is underway on an eight-unit housing project offering four- and five-bedroom units. The units are for NORTEP students with large families furthering their education in La Ronge. It will be located at the corner...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2013 | Current News
A former dormitory supervisor at the Beauval Indian Residential School is going to have to wait a little longer to find out how much jail time he is likely to be sentenced to. In a Battleford courtroom Thursday morning, Judge Murray Acton heard final arguments at Paul...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2013 | Current News
A Senior Crown Prosecutor from Prince Albert says she will be recommending that the sentences given to three youth charged in the freezing death of an Ahtahkakoop man be appealed. 25 year-old Christian Bird was found clinging to a piece of ice on Sandy Lake on May 1st...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2013 | Current News
A senior crown prosecutor is shedding more light on why charges were dropped in the 2nd-degree murder of a northern woman. Heather Ballantyne was found near a trail in Pelican Narrows on October 29th. At the time it appeared she had been strangled. 19 year-old John...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2013 | Current News
Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne’s continued lobbying for a second bridge in the city took a new twist this week. Concerned about the fact that dangerous goods are moved over the Diefenbaker Bridge and through the heart of Prince Albert on a daily basis, Dionne says he...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2013 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is struggling to cope with the recent murder of Jodi Roberts. Police confirmed Tuesday that a homicide investigation is underway into the death of the 24-year old woman, whose remains were discovered near Sucker River on Nov. 27. LLRIB...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2013 | Current News
A new national program aimed at improving the education outcomes of aboriginal students was launched in Regina today. The First Nations University was the back-drop for a half a million dollar commitment to set up a peer support educator coaching program. Three life...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2013 | Current News
Signs are pointing towards a banner year for trappers in Saskatchewan. Mike Gollop is the provincial fur administrator for our province. He says the recent north American fur auction in November had several highlights to it, everything from $10 muskrat pelts to $170...
