by MBC News | Feb 12, 2014 | Current News
One man is dead and another is fighting for his life after becoming stranded while on a rescue mission near the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border. The pair were from Lac Brochet and had left the community on Friday to search for a missing man from Wollaston Lake. The man...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2014 | Current News
Opposition parties say there are some good investments in Aboriginal communities in the federal budget but the money should be flowing sooner rather than later. Both the NDP and Liberals say $1.9 billion for First Nations education and $40 million for on-reserve...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2014 | Current News
This week’s FSIN Winter Legislative Assembly will likely be dominated by recent headlines. The two-day gathering is getting underway this morning at the Dakota Dunes Casino. This is the first assembly since the FSIN announced it would be forced to layoff 66...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014 | Current News
The chief executive officer of the upcoming North American Indigenous Games in Regina has temporarily stepped down, pending the outcome of an independent investigation into allegations of harassment against him. MBC News has learned the three complainants are women. ...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014 | Current News
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 10th budget all but balances the books this fiscal year, and is stuffed with low-or-zero cost promises. Analysts see this as a pre-election document for the Tories, and constituencies perceived to be complementary to the...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014 | Current News
A northern Saskatchewan woman sobbed as she was escorted out of a Prince Albert courtoom after a judge sentenced her to 26 months in jail in connection with a fatal hit and run that killed a 21-year-old man. Danielle Nadine Chamakese, 22, was sentenced Tuesday...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014 | Current News
A man who went missing while snowmobiling from Lac Brochet, Manitoba to Wollaston Lake on Friday has since been found. But two other men who left Lac Brochet to look for Gordon Moise haven’t been heard from since they set off. Leonard Dettanikkeaze and Alphonse...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014 | Current News
A New Brunswick man has been fined $12,000 after being found guilty of two charges of illegal outfitting in the Pierceland and Goodsoil area.Michel Lanteigne was fined 10-thousand dollars for outfitting without an outfitter’s license and another 2-thousand...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014 | Current News
Frustrated First Nations chiefs pushed for better housing conditions before a parliamentary committee today. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is hearing from housing officials and reserve residents about what can be done to fix the situation. Glen...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014 | Current News
Despite declining interest in recent years, wild rice crop insurance is being offered again in 2014. Premiums are similar to last year with producers north of La Ronge paying the highest premiums yet again. Colleen Rooney, a research analyst with Saskatchewan...
