by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute says current reconciliation efforts between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples lack the necessary focus. The report, entitled, “Pursuing reconciliation: The case for an Off-Reserve Urban Agenda” by John Richards says Ottawa...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
Eight First Nations men who were hanged at Ford Battleford on Nov. 27, 1885 were honoured Tuesday afternoon at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. The Indigenous men were hanged after being accused of treason in what became Canada’s largest recorded mass hanging. “Any time we...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
RCMP in Blaine Lake say they have recovered the body of a missing woman from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Police say Deanna Greyeyes was reported missing Sunday, as her family had not been in contact for a few days. A search team was assembled Monday and Mounties say...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
The NDP have tabled a bill, which would create a suicide prevention strategy for the province. Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette says “I have been to way too many funerals for people in my communities who felt they had nowhere to turn. Suicide is a serious problem in...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council says it is high time an all-weather road was built in the Wollaston Lake area of northern Saskatchewan. The Hatchet Lake Dene Nation is currently served by a winter ice road and for much of the year access is only possible by air or...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for changes to Saskatchewan’s child welfare system. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron says a representative advisory committee which would oversee provincial child welfare services would help improve the current system....
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
RCMP in Pelican Narrows say a woman is charged with bootlegging. Police were patrolling a check stop at the Opawikoscikcan Narrows along highway 135 on November 23, after receiving information that bootleggers were transporting liquor into the dry community. A...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
La Ronge RCMP are reporting a rash of thefts from vehicles in that community in the past few weeks. Police say the thieves are targeting vehicles with items in plain view. Police report it appears some of these thefts occurred between 1:30 am and 4 am on Monday. The...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News
The family of Beverly Littlecrow is asking the Crown to appeal the not guilty verdict of the man accused of killing her. “The family is deeply saddened and outraged with the acquittal of Gabriel Faucher,” cousin Diane Littlecrow says. “We are calling on the justice...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s justice minister says the province is open to discussing a retail cannabis operation on the Muscowpetung First Nation but it must be done within the government’s existing legal framework. The First Nation is currently operating such a marijuana business...
