by MBC News | Mar 8, 2017
RCMP insignia. File photo. Loon Lake RCMP are investigating a house fire on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation that happened Tuesday evening. Upon arrival at the residence at around 10:15 p.m., an RCMP news release says officers saw the house was fully engulfed in...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2017
Photo posted by FSIN on conference Facebook page. Prosperity through partnerships – that’s the theme for a two-day conference hosted by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations at TCU Place in Saskatoon. The conference, which started on Wednesday, brought...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck There is a lot of excitement about a new high school pilot project that is offering cash, trades experience and credits to Indigenous high school students. Today, the FSIN signed a partnership agreement with Your Choice Homes to try...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2017
The March 3 vote count. Photo courtesy Facebook, Rosalene Head. It’s been six days since Red Earth Cree Nation band members went to the polls, and after a tight race and vote recount the Chief Electoral Officer finally has election results to report. Miller...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2017
Photo courtesy of internationalwomensday.com Strength and resilience of Indigenous women in Saskatchewan is the provincial theme for International Women’s Day this year. Status of Women Minister, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, says these women are helping to foster a new...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2017
The Highway Hotline view of Weyakwin on Tuesday afternoon. La Ronge Regional fire crews are reporting a two-vehicle collision 30 kilometres south of La Ronge. The 9 a.m. Tuesday crash required fire personnel to help safely remove two people from the vehicles. A number...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2017
Brad Wall. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Premier Brad Wall is asking government workers to take a 3.5 per cent pay cut. He also wants to lead by example, he’s asking MLA’S to be the first to accept less. This comes just one day after the premier announced he was...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2017
Dennis Brian Yew. Photo courtesy Meadow Lake RCMP. UPDATE: At 6:20 p.m. on March 3, Meadow Lake RCMP issued a release saying, with the help of Big River RCMP, they were able to act on a tip and have several plainclothes members in place to arrest Dennis Yew in the...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2017
Brad Wall. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Saskatchewan’s premier has decided to go from one of the highest paid premiers in the country to one of the lowest. He has decided to end the practice of receiving a leaders allowance to cover additional party expenses....
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2017
Photo courtesy of mediacoop.ca Eileen Morrison has won re-election as chief of the Buffalo River Dene Nation. She beat out two other candidates for the top job in elections held last Friday. One-time Chief Debbie Billette was elected as one of five councilors. Other...
