by MBC News | Dec 19, 2016
Photo courtesy canoelakeschool.ca Canoe Lake Cree Nation’s chief has earned a decisive win after Friday’s band elections. Chief Francis Iron received more than 270 votes while Robert Opekokew received nearly 140 votes. Iron originally first became chief in 2014...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2016
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Executive and Staff extend their deepest condolences to the family of Leonard Michael Hardlotte and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and the community of Stanley Mission. Mr. Hardlotte passed away Friday, December 16, 2016....
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2016
Waterhen Lake First Nation. Photo courtesy waterhenlakeschool.ca The longtime chief of Waterhen Lake First Nation has been ousted in what the band manager is calling a very close election. Carol Bernard was running for her fourth term as chief of the Meadow Lake-area...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2016
One of the buyers, out of Porcupine Plain, at the trappers table in 2015. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. It’s been a lackluster year for fur prices and trapping conditions, and that’s giving northern trappers low expectations heading into this weekend’s...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2016
Eric Ratt. Photo courtesy La Ronge RCMP More ground searches are being organized for a northern trapper who hasn’t been seen since mid-October. Eric Ratt of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band was last seen leaving a family member’s cabin on Zimmer Lake, and was...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2016
Photo courtesy @pathssask on Facebook. The federal government is earmarking nearly $600,000 over the next four years to help Indigenous women in Saskatchewan who want to escape family violence. The Public Health Agency says the funds will go towards a project called...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2016
The front page of SAYCW Youth Health Survey. New research is painting a picture of how young people in Saskatchewan are living, with some key findings made in the areas of mental health, sexual health, and nutrition. The Youth Health Survey includes feedback from more...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2016
Prince Albert Penitentiary tower. File photo by Chelsea Laskowski A Wednesday riot in Prince Albert Penitentiary has resulted in a fatality, according to Correctional Services Canada. Jason Leonard Bird, 43, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead “as...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2016
Photo courtesy Government of Canada. The fight over who is in charge at the George Gordon First Nation, which is located northeast of Regina, just got a little more complicated with the federal Indigenous Affairs Department now being dragged into the dispute. Things...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2016
Clayton Matchee. Photo courtesy flyingdust.net In 1992, Meadow Lake’s Marj Matchee saw her military husband Clayton Matchee transform from a man who “filled up a room” with his humorous personality and loved spending time with his young daughter, into a man with...
