by MBC News | Jul 5, 2016 | Current News
The Government of Canada says they are committing up to $382 million in funding to implement the Jordan’s Principle. The Jordan’s Principle is a child first principle used to ensure First Nations children living on-reserve do not experience delays, denials...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2016 | Current News
It was a somber anniversary held in a small Regina park this afternoon. Community members, police, and family of Tamra Keepness gathered for the 12th annual barbecue in remembrance of the happy, brave little girl who vanished from her home, without a trace 12 years...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2016 | Current News
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron at a smudge walk in Regina in June. Photo by Manfred Joehnk. The Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says a recent Federal Court of Appeal ruling is another legal example of government and industry’s duty to consult....
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2016 | Current News
Sheldon Cook (right) with former NHL’er Donald Brashear (left). Southend’s Sheldon Cook says he will play for team Saskatchewan at the upcoming Canadian Men’s National Ball Hockey Championship in Vancouver, BC in August. “I’m just very...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy metisnation.ca A long-awaited meeting between the federal government and former Ile-a-la-Crosse boarding school students has been postponed until September. Last week, organizers with the student committee and the Metis National Council were spreading...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2016 | Current News
Todd McCormick. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Family members have confirmed the remains found south of La Ronge last week are those of 45-year-old Todd McCormick. Police say the remains were located on Friday near a gravel pit about six kilometers south of the Lac La...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2016 | Current News
Mounties are investigating a death they consider suspicious, after a man’s remains were found near a gravel pit in the Lac La Ronge First Nation area. The grisly discovery was made on Friday, about four miles south of Lac La Ronge. The man’s identity has not been...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2016 | Current News
RCMP in La Ronge have arrested a 17-year-old who was wanted on numerous warrants, this after a detachment-level operation. The RCMP started the operation in the early morning hours of July 2nd with the help of the Prince Albert Police Dog Service to specifically...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2016 | Current News
Grave site for Hilliard Sewap, Jr. Photo courtesy Facebook A trial has been set for seven males charged with the May, 2015 murder of a Pelican Narrows teen. Hilliard Sewap Junior was 17 when he died of a severe concussion, according to an autopsy report. The...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2016 | Current News
A woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle while walking near Pierceland late last night. RCMP say the incident happened 16 kilometres east of Pierceland on Highway 55. Mounties have identified the victim as a 32-year-old woman from the Mudie Lake First Nation....
