by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
The chief of the Buffalo River Dene Nation has been charged with assault after an incident earlier this week. On Monday, Dillon RCMP received a report of a 29-year-old man being assaulted at a home on the reserve. Forty-one-year-old Lance Byhette was arrested at his...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s final national event took place in Edmonton on Thursday. It was the independent commission’s seventh national event. There were more Indian residential schools in Alberta than in any other province. TRC Commissioner...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
A 21-year-old man has been released from custody after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death. Dannie Justin Knife was charged following the death of Christian Bird from the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. The 25-year-old was found clinging to a piece of ice...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has voted to reallocate some of its funding in order to continue operating for another year. FSIN member chiefs were in Prince Albert yesterday for a special legislative assembly to discuss recent budget cuts by the...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
The new chief and council at Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation have given themselves substantial pay cuts. Each member of council will see salary reductions from an average of $51,000 to $44,000 Chief Rick Gamble took the biggest pay cut at 50 per cent, which leaves...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
RCMP have confirmed they will not be pressing criminal charges in the deaths of two seven-month-old twin boys at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation last year. On Dec. 9, 2013, police were called to a home on the reserve around 10:30 a.m. after reports that the boys were...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
The new chief and council of the Shoal Lake Cree Nation have officially taken office. The swearing in ceremony was held Tuesday after a band election last week. Former councillor Carlton Bear is the new chief, replacing Marcel Head who held the position for a number...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
Officials with the Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region are working to fix a problem with test results. Between March 2012 and this January, 102 pathology exam results from Prince Albert were not entered into the electronic medical records. The health region’s...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
People living with HIV shared their stories Tuesday as part of a provincial conference looking at ways to deal with high rates of the disease among Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan. Several speakers from around the province described their struggles at the 2014...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
Incorporating Indigenous culture into education is the focus of a two-day national youth conference at a Saskatoon high school this week. The Building Bridges youth conference kicked off Wednesday morning at Oskayak High School. The conference features a number of...
