by MBC News | Nov 8, 2019 | Current News
This Remembrance Day there is some cause for celebration for Métis veterans. After more than 75 years of waiting, the federal government is recognizing Métis veterans for their service to Canada during the Second World War. This includes the $30 million Canada-Métis...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2019 | Current News
Police are investigating after a 35-year-old man died of what is an expected drug overdose on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve Friday morning. RCMP were called to a local residence early this morning where they found three adult males in medical distress. All...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2019 | Current News
Political tensions are at boil point within the Métis Nation, leading President Clem Chartier to step back from his position, but not resign. Chartier expressed two issues, which contributed to his decision. He said the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan complained to the Law...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2019 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
Sucker River golfer Dade Bernatchez is teeing it up this weekend in Florida. Bernatchez is taking part in the 2019 MJT Boston Pizza National Championship. Bernatchez plays on the Maple Leaf Junior Tour and competed in the peewee division this season. He won several...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2019 | Current News
Three candidates are running in the upcoming Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation by-election for the urban seat later this month. Nominations closed Thursday night and Clarisse Lecoq, Dwight McCallum and Warren McCallum have all put their names in as candidates. This will be...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2019 | Current News
The First Nations Policing and Justice Symposium wound up in Saskatoon on Thursday. The three-day forum was hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council. Saskatchewan RCMP Sgt. Karen Pelletier and Cst. Wanda McKenzie spoke earlier in the forum about women in policing...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2019 | Current News
First Nations military veterans were remembered Thursday as part of a ceremony. Its estimated between 7000 and 12,000 First Nations members served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War, and an unknown number of Inuit, Métis and other Indigenous people...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2019 | Current News
Clem Chartier says he won’t seek re-election as Métis National Council president. First elected to the position in 2003, Chartier made the announcement in a letter to the general assembly on Wednesday. Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand will...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2019 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
A hockey company in Saskatchewan is assisting Indigenous hockey players. Om Hockey Systems has been working closely with Indigenous hockey players around the province for the last few seasons. “First Nations (players) are the most untapped resource in hockey,” said Ty...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2019 | Current News
The Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) and Great Plains College have formally committed to continue to work together to promote Indigenous-inclusive education. The OTC and the college are renewing a strategic alliance which is also a pledge to continue to teach...
