by MBC News | Jul 16, 2014 | Current News
The ninth annual Garry Peters and Rich Pilon Celebrity Golf Tournament kicked off Wednesday morning in Saskatoon. The tournament officially starts tomorrow at the Dakota Dunes Golf Links and all funds raised go to KidSport Saskatchewan. The golf tournament was started...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2014 | Current News
A blanket dance was performed in Marlene Bird’s honour this morning at the AFN annual meeting in Halifax. She is the homeless Aboriginal woman who was savagely beaten and burned in Prince Albert last month. Cheryl Maloney of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2014 | Current News
The Assembly of First Nations has decided on an interim leader until a national chief is chosen in December. Quebec regional chief Ghislain Picard will fill the role vacated by former leader Shawn Atleo, who abruptly resigned in the spring. Delegates at the...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2014 | Current News
An autopsy has been ordered after the weekend death of a 29-year-old woman from the Kawacatoose First Nation. RCMP say at around 3 am Sunday, a pickup truck left a grid road on the reserve and hit an embankment. Three women were thrown from the vehicle and two...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2014 | Current News
Cameco is saying that the start of production at the Cigar Lake uranium mine could be delayed by a couple of months. The company says ground freezing at the site has not advanced as quickly as expected in some localized areas of the mine. Given that the McClean Lake...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2014 | Current News
The Assembly of First Nations has voted in favour of electing a new chief in December at a special chiefs assembly in Winnipeg. The group agreed to back a motion that will see the new chief serve a mandate of 3 1/2 years. Dozens of chiefs spoke and there was...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2014 | Current News
La Ronge RCMP are on the lookout for a suspect wanted on a Canada Wide warrant. Police says officers attempted to stop a vehicle in the town this morning in but the driver took off. The driver was identified as 23-year-old Dylan Lewis and the vehicle was later located...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2014 | Current News
A B-C man charged in connection to a fatal fire near Uranium City over four years ago remains in custody following his first court appearance. 31-year-old Christopher Champagne made his first appearance on two counts of manslaughter in La Ronge yesterday. Champagne...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2014 | Current News
A second arrest has been made in the case of a fatal fire near Uranium City four years ago. Thirty-year-old B.C. resident Christopher Champagne was arrested July 5 on Vancouver Island after a warrant was issued for his arrest on two counts of manslaughter. Champagne...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2014 | Current News
A man charged after gunshots were fired on Mistawasis First Nation last fall is set to go to trial next spring. In September 2013, 52-year-old David Ledoux was arrested after a fight broke out at a home on the reserve. Ledoux is accused of shooting at a pickup with...
