by MBC News | Feb 14, 2012
The second day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is underway in Pelican Narrows today. This morning, audience members witnessed an apology on behalf of a United Church minister. David Kim Cragg heads up a congregation in Saskatoon. He said he can’t...
by MBC News | Feb 14, 2012
Five years after the disappearance of Danita Bigeagle, Regina police are hoping someone will step forward with information. Bigeagle was 22 years old when reported missing by her family on February 14th, 2007. She had been last seen three days earlier in downtown...
by MBC News | Feb 14, 2012
Roughly two thirds of the SaskTel scholarships handed out by SaskTel last year went to Aboriginal students. SaskTel spokesman Andy Tate says 14 of 22 scholarships issued by SaskTel last year went to SIIT or Metis students. Tate says it’s part of an effort by...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2012
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has begun to record statements from residential school survivors in Pelican Narrows. Willie Littlechild is representing the commission at the two-day event. This morning, he listened to David Roger Bear tell his story of being...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2012
The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority says there could be normal spring runoff this year, depending on how much more snow falls this winter. Authority spokesperson Dale Hjertaas says the level of Lac La Ronge is still nearly half-a-metre higher than average. Hjertaas...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2012
A man wanted in connection to a homicde in Fort Qu’Appelle in December has been taken into custody. RCMP say 20-year-old Kelfert Wayne Watetch was arrested without incident by police in Regina late Saturday night. Watetch had been wanted by the RCMP for second...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2012
A Saskatchewan MP says he thinks cuts are coming to the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Liberal Ralph Goodale says despite some conciliatory tones that came out of the recent summit between First Nations leaders and the Prime Minister, the overall sentiment is that...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2012
A caribou expert says he thinks a made-in-Saskatchewan approach may make the most sense when it comes to protecting caribou in the province. Gord Vaadeland is the director of the Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Vaadeland feels there...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2012
The incumbent chief at the Peter Chapman First Nation has been re-elected to another term. Robert Head won a general election on Friday. He will be joined on council by newcomers Roger Whitehead and Val Whitehead and incumbent councillors Bryan Whitehead and Bryan...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2012
The province has announced some new northern housing projects. 10 new home ownership units have been announced for Pinehouse. They will be implemented through the development of a local homeownership program. Social Services Minister June Draude says she’s pleased...
