by MBC News | Apr 3, 2014
Recently-released audits conducted for Aboriginal Affairs show that two northern Saskatchewan First Nations failed to meet auditing standards set out in federal funding agreements. The KPMG audits released this week say that only 20 per cent of federal money audited...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2014
The provincial government has committed $250,000 a year in an effort to encourage more nurse practitioners to practice in remote and rural areas. The four-point plan includes relocation grants and full pay for nurses who want to upgrade their skills to become nurse...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2014
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo is expressing concern regarding Ottawa’s move to apply for a judicial review of another decision by the Specific Claims Tribunal. It concerns the Williams Lake Indian Band village sites claim. This is the...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2014
The colder than average winter had led to an extended ice road season in northern Saskatchewan. Most years the ice roads are closed to traffic by the Ministry of Highways on March 31st, but this year they are still in use. Officials say there are some ice ridges and...
by MBC News | Apr 2, 2014
A Christopher Lake man was in court this morning facing various charges after a firearms complaint on the Little Red River reserve. Yesterday, RCMP received a report of a man and a vehicle being shot at. RCMP officers from Prince Albert, Sturgeon Lake, Waskesiu and...
by MBC News | Apr 2, 2014
RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a fire which destroyed a home last week on the Hatchet Lake First Nation. The blaze was reported Thursday at around 2:15 a.m. By the time fire crews and police arrived the structure was completely engulfed in...
by MBC News | Apr 2, 2014
An Aboriginal group says their Juno Award represents a major breakthrough not only for the band but for all Aboriginal people. A Tribe Called Red was named Breakthrough Artists of the Year, becoming the first Indigenous group to win a Juno outside of the Aboriginal...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2014
Police have charged a Regina mother and daughter with murder after the body of a man was discovered in a house fire last month. Ray Allen Yacevich, 53, was discovered after a Regina house fire on the 1400 block of Wascana Street on Mar. 23. Forty-one-year-old Rosalyn...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2014
It is going to be a big fight for the Little Pine First Nation. The reserve, southeast of Lloydminster, has grand plans to build casinos in Lloydminster and Estevan — but the chief will apparently have to break the law to do it. Such a move would violate a...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2014
The incumbent chief of the province’s largest First Nation has been re-elected. Tammy Cook-Searson was one of eight candidates running for chief in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s chief and council election yesterday. Unofficial results have her receiving...
