by MBC News | Aug 16, 2019 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is disgusting that racist messages were found at a First Nations culture camp. Participants at a Yellow Quill First Nation Camp recent located the hand-written signs with one containing the phrase “useless...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2019 | Current News
RCMP say another arrest has been made in the death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. On Thursday Nikita Sandra Cook was arrested by Edmonton Police without incident. She is charged with first degree murder. Laverdiere, who was 25, disappeared in April. Her remains were...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2019 | Current News
Saskatoon police are asking for public help to find a missing 15-year-old girl. Katelyn Bradfield was last seen leaving her home on foot in the 1600 block of Avenue D North at around 6:15 P.M. on Wednesday. Police say Bradfield may be attempting to hitchhike to the...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2019 | Current News
RCMP are turning to the public for help in locating a man wanted for a fatal hit and run south of Battleford in July. It’s alleged that 22-year-old August Devin Nahbexie ran over a man July 25 on Highway 4 and left him to die. Nahbexie is charged with failure to stop...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2019 | Current News
Heavy rain has caused a significant washout at Highway 903 from Cole Bay to Meadow Lake forcing motorists to seek alternate travel plans of either paved Highway 155 or Highway 965 as the road is closed. But the detour is affecting the communities of Canoe Lake First...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2019 | Current News
RCMP say one person is dead following a two vehicle crash south of La Ronge on Highway 2 Thursday afternoon. Mounties say a car was traveling north when it collided with a southbound semi-trailer 30 kilometers south of that community at approximately 1 P.M. The lone...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2019 | Current News
The Western Treaty Nations Summit wrapped up in Prince Albert on Thursday. The three-day summit was hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council with a focus on the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement. The 1930 NRTA transferred control of Crown lands and natural...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2019 | Current News
A University of Alberta professor says the Natural Resources Transfer Act strengthens and protects Indigenous treaty land rights. Under the 1930 NRTA, the federal government transferred control over Crown lands and natural resources to the Prairie provinces. Frank...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2019 | Current News
A federal court has ruled against a First Nations man suing an electoral officer for rejecting his nomination package. Glen O’Soup of the Key First Nation alleged that Irvin Montana the Electoral Officer for the June 11, 2018 election improperly rejected his...
by MBC News | Aug 13, 2019 | Current News
Saskatoon City Council is committing to reading the entire 1200 page final report into the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by the end of the year. Mayor Charlie Clark presented a motion, which passed unanimously at the July 29...