by MBC News | Nov 28, 2012 | Current News
Prospective new workers were in Regina today to get a good look at what opportunities await them. Some arrived by bus from nearby first nations to take part in the all nations job fair. It featured dozens of employers and several learning institutions who set up...
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2012 | Current News
Leading HIV experts, First Nations healers, and people living with HIV are taking part in a two day conference in Regina beginning tomorrow morning. Saskatchewan has the highest infection rate in Canada and most of those cases are in the aboriginal community....
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2012 | Current News
A well-known member of the Ahtahkakoop First Nation is being recognized for his contributions to the province. Ray Ahenakew is one of eight people selected to receive Saskatchewan’s Order of Merit. A proponent of education, Ahenakew served as chairman of the...
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2012 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company is preparing to debut a new rendition of “How the Chief Stole Christmas.” This year’s version of the play is being spoken entirely in Cree, with the English words projected above the actors. General manager Alan Long...
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2012 | Current News
Concerns are being raised over a proposed new deal between the village of Pinehouse and two uranium-mining companies. The deal would see Cameco and AREVA both giving jobs, benefits as well as payments to the village of Pinehouse. According to the proposal this is...
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2012 | Current News
The chief of a band that’s fighting for recognition from the Federal government says he wants young people to know more about their history. Chief Ben Weenie of the Young Chippewayan First Nation says he hopes many youth attend today’s ceremony on the...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2012 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s health minister doesn’t like it, but says the province will live with a federal decision to allow generic versions of the drug oxycontin on the market. Health minister Dustin Duncan says unless the generic version of the highly addictive...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2012 | Current News
The Harper government is invoking closure to speed passage of a new law that sets out public disclosure rules for elected First Nations representatives. Greg Rickford is the parliamentary secretary to the Aboriginal Affairs minister. He says the law simply puts first...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2012 | Current News
The head of YWCA Canada says she’s not sure why an inquiry into the plight of missing and murdered aboriginal women hasn’t happened already. Paulette Senior is calling on the Federal government to fulfill a promise she says it made in June of 2011 to...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2012 | Current News
The 2012 Northern Economic Development Summit wraps up today at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre. The event is a follow-up to a similar summit held last year, and many of the projects brought up then are again being discussed. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief...
