by MBC News | Oct 9, 2019 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is once again calling on the RCMP to charge a man who allegedly trespassed on Ochapowace Nation land this past spring. Ochapowace says the man had been renting land from the First Nation but was evicted for non-payment....
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2019 | Current News
Court heard the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation had a surplus of $1.8 million when Napoleon Mercredi took office in late 2009 but was running monthly deficits of about $200,000 by the time his term ended two years later. The former chief is on trial for fraud and...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2019 | Current News
The Court of Queen’s Bench as ruled that all interim decisions made by the chair of an Election Appeals Tribunal of the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation are null and void, as Chair James Kennedy acted without the approval of the majority of the tribunal members. “A...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The La Ronge Ice Wolves started a four-game southern swing with a 5-0 victory on Tuesday in Wilcox versus the Notre Dame Hounds. “We were pretty good, I think we got away with a few there right off the start that went in and they really didn’t have any life after...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2019 | Current News
The Liberal candidate for Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River said a re-elected Liberal government will continue to improve the lives of First Nations people. “We want to defend Treaty Rights together by designing a new process to ensure that Canada lives up to the...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2019 | Current News
A report from an independent inspector examining the operations of the northern Village of Pinehouse is expected to be delivered to the Ministry of Government Relations this fall. In March, the government expanded the scope in its investigation of the community by...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2019 | Current News
The Chief of the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation is not giving up his fight for upgrades to the community’s airport runway. Almost two years ago, a plane crashed in Fond du Lac shortly after takeoff with nine people seriously injured and one person dying from...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2019 | Current News
RCMP say a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a man charged with the death of a Big Island Cree Nation on October 2. Police have charged 38-year-old Jonathan Dufraine with second degree murder. Last week, Mounties sought the public’s help in locating him, but now...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2019 | Current News
Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP candidate Georgina Jolibois is calling out the Liberals for saying the federal government would seek a judicial review of a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling on discrimination of First Nations children. The ruling calls on...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2019 | Current News
The Muskeg Lake Cree Nation is mourning the death of Honourary Chief Bill McKnight. He died at the age of 79 on Friday. In 1988 McKnight was bestowed the Cree name “kihiw mîkwan” ( key hue me kwon), which means “Eagle Feather”. “Honourary Chief kihiw mîkwan held a...
