by MBC News | May 3, 2012 | Current News
The U.S. Space and Rocket Centre is inviting nine-year-old Aboriginal children to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The camps have been running since 1982 — but this year, 12 scholarships are available to tribal groups across North America. Centre...
by MBC News | May 2, 2012 | Current News
The new president of Saskatchewan Co-operative Fisheries Ltd. says he wants more help coming from the province as fishers confront some tough challenges. Gordon Stomp was elected to his new post at the fishers’ annual meeting in Prince Albert over the weekend....
by MBC News | May 2, 2012 | Current News
Metis women who are hoping to learn more about their culture are being invited to join a new group in Regina. The Wiichihiwayshinawn Foundation is the brainchild of Ashley Norton. She launched the group in an effort to bring people together and promote positive ways...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
The leader of the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism says he feels discrepancies exist in the way two cases involving abused children have been treated by the justice system. Bob Hughes says he monitored the recent case of a young girl who was starved and...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
Two men will head to trial for allegedly killing a man from the Muskoday First Nation. Thirty-eight-year-old Wayne Moshenko and 20-year-old Cody Walker were both charged with assault and second-degree murder after the body of 36-year-old Ricky Bear was discovered in...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
Cameco is reporting strong profits for the first quarter of this business year. Net earnings are up 45% from the same time in 2011. The company says higher average realized prices and increased sales volume led to the increase, as well as the fact older contracts are...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
Final details are being worked out for the Royal visit to the First Nations University of Canada in Regina later this month. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit the school on May 23rd. FNUniv executive director of community relations Richard Missens says...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
The federal government is working to improve pay for water plant operators on First Nations. Aboriginal Affairs spokesman Gail Mitchell made that statement during a Senate committee hearing in Ottawa today. Mitchell admitted that many water plant operators on reserves...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
Some outstanding First Nations talent was celebrated over the weekend in Saskatoon. It was the 14th year for the SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence. Tara Willet of the Little Pine First Nation and Perry Opoonechaw of the Chakastaypasin First Nation took...
