by MBC News | Feb 29, 2012
A national Metis leader says he is concerned about some wording in a recent report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Clem Chartier, the president of the Metis National Council, says the interim report of the TRC contains statements that may imply that Metis...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2012
Officials from the provincial government and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum are visiting a Regina school today to introduce a new classroom pilot project. Buffalo Basics was designed to teach the historic role of the buffalo to First Nations and Metis people. RSM...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2012
The First Nations University of Canada has a new vice-president of finance and administration. Juliano Tupone is originally from the Sweetgrass First Nation. Before taking on this new position, Tupone was director of operations for the Starblanket Cree Nation. He has...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2012
Saskatoon Police say the death of a man whose body was found following a dumpster fire is being treated as a homicide. The body of 22-year-old Mervin Clarence McAdam was found early Sunday morning in the 200 block of Avenue S South. An autopsy was done on Monday, but...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2012
The recent work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has sparked a review within Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Education. On Friday, the TRC released its interim report which called for provinces to review their curriculum to see whether or not the legacy of...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2012
A First Nations researcher says she thinks it is time the scope and aim of the duty to consult policy was widened to cover social needs. Bonita Beatty of the University of Saskatchewan’s International Centre for Northern Governance and Development recently...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2012
The Saskatoon Tribal Council has unveiled a new building aimed at making residents of other reserves feel a little more at home. Victoria House features eight beds that can be rented out by First Nations people who have medical appointments in Saskatoon....
by MBC News | Feb 27, 2012
A proposed potash mine on the Muskowekwan First Nation has been approved by voters. Eighty per cent of those who voted in a plebiscite on Saturday voted in favour of the proposal. If it’s developed, it would be the first potash mine on a First Nations reserve....
by MBC News | Feb 27, 2012
An autospy is scheduled to help police determine how a woman from Pinehouse died on the weekend. RCMP say the body of 49-year-old Ida Smith was found lying next to her snowmobile around 9:00 Saturday morning. She was found on the ice at the south end of Pinehouse...
by MBC News | Feb 27, 2012
A teenager is dead after an ATV rolled over on the Beardy’s Okemasis First Nation. The accident occurred Saturday morning near Highway 212. RCMP say two people were travelling west on the all-terrain vehicle when the driver lost control and it rolled into the...
