by MBC News | Aug 28, 2015 | Current News
The summer fire season isn’t quite over, but firefighting officials say activities in northern Saskatchewan are returning to normal. At one point in July, dozens of fire departments from across the province responded to the request for help in fighting fires...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2015 | Current News
On Thursday, the Saskatoon Tribal Council and PotashCorp helped hundreds of kids in Saskatoon get ready to go back to school next week. The tribal council and the mining company handed out 500 backpacks filled with school supplies to inner city children at the White...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2015 | Current News
A man from a Battlefords-area hamlet now faces charges after shots were fired in Onion Lake this week. Todd William Rousseau, 44, was arrested after the RCMP responded to a call about a man with a gun on the First Nation. The RCMP reports he’s from Delmas. His charges...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2015 | Current News
Time is running out for dozens of Saskatchewan First Nations who will face funding cuts next week unless they get their paperwork done for the First Nations Federal Financial Transparency Act. The deadline to file was actually the end of July, but Ottawa won’t start...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2015 | Current News
An art exhibit at a Prince Albert gallery is displaying work from a project that helps indigenous youths express themselves. “Sometimes children can take a camera and they can show you how they live,” said Aleyna May Morin, artistic and cultural leader for the...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015 | Current News
The province and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) signed an understanding recognizing First Nations jurisdiction on education on Wednesday. Both sides agree the inherent and treaty right to education remains a federal Crown responsibility. FSIN...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015 | Current News
Kijiji Canada has banned the email user who posted an ad to its website refusing to rent a Prince Albert house to “Indians.” The Internet advertising company says they sent an email to the individual advising that person of the ban, but the ban could be lifted....
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015 | Current News
Court proceedings are moving ahead quickly for a woman who turned herself in this May after a man was found dead in his Melfort home. Candace Gail Moostoos, 34, has been in custody since the day 70-year-old Alpheus Burns’ body was found. She’s charged with...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015 | Current News
The provincial Ministry of Justice unveiled a new model for corrections at a Yorkton-area facility grand opening on Wednesday. Yorkton’s Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre is the first of its kind. The inmates will do their time, but when it is time to leave they...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015 | Current News
A woman charged in a series of syringe-wielding robberies in Prince Albert has been approved for bail. Carmine Patti Nayneecassum, 33, was arrested earlier this month after the thefts from four businesses in Prince Albert. She allegedly threatened employees with a...