by MBC News | Nov 13, 2012 | Current News
A Winnipeg writer says Aboriginal musicians should be paying attention to a recent hit by a Korean pop star. Colleen Simard, an Ojibway mother of two, says she’s amazed by the success of the hit “Gangnam Style”. She feels Aboriginal people would...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2012 | Current News
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is freeing up some money for people who want to take part in a couple of hearings next spring concerning uranium mines in the province’s north. The first hearing involves a re-licensing application for Cameco’s Cigar...
by MBC News | Nov 11, 2012 | Current News
The province has lost a well-known Native leader. Jim Sinclair has died at the age of 79. A former leader of the Metis Society of Saskatchewan (presently the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan) and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Sinclair fought tirelessly for...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2012 | Current News
A man who pleaded guilty to setting a fire in La Ronge that took the lives of three people is now charged with murder. Twenty-two-year-old Blake David Norman appeared in a Prince Albert courtroom today on a charge of first-degree murder and attempted murder. On...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2012 | Current News
Three Regina men were handed penitentiary terms today for beating a 16-year-old boy to death with a hammer in the spring of 2011. There were gasps in the courtroom as the sentence was delivered. The family of Delano Toto was not happy. The man that wielded a hammer...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2012 | Current News
Inmates at two Prince Albert jails are receiving a visit today and tomorrow from officials with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The TRC says between 18 and 20 inmates have indicated a willingness to talk to the statement gatherers about what happened to them...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2012 | Current News
Hundreds of people, including First Nations war veterans, took part in a ceremony of remembrance today at the First Nations University of Canada campus in Regina. The last post was followed by a prayer from an elder, remembering the lost soldiers of yesterday and...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2012 | Current News
A new group is being created in an effort to win Metis hunting rights from the provincial government. John Hanikenne says he plans to form the “Captains of the Hunt” with the Saskatchewan affiliate of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. The Aboriginal...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2012 | Current News
A cultural advisor says the Battlefords need another school to teach Aboriginal education and values.Daphie Pooyak says Sakewew High School in North Battleford is doing a good job, but it’s not enough.She got the idea when her son attended a soccer school:...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2012 | Current News
A researcher from the University of Saskatchewan’s northern think tank says she doesn’t believe the status quo is good enough when it comes to food security in the province’s north. About 100 experts from across the country are attending a conference...
