by MBC News | Dec 10, 2012
An injunction is being filed against a mining agreement between the Northern Village of Pinehouse and Cameco and Areva. The deal in question is due to be signed sometime this month, and promises jobs and economic benefits to the community. There is a clause in a draft...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2012
The Harper government finds itself under attack today over its alleged failure to recognize Indigenous human rights. Today is World Human Rights Day and it is being marked by more than a dozen protest rallies across Canada, including ones in Saskatoon and North...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a northern man wrapped up yesterday with the jury recommending RCMP undergo increased police training in risk assessment and analysis in order to avoid similar situations in the future. Harry Haineault was fatally shot by RCMP...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
There is renewed frustration over an unfulfilled promise to build an all-season road linking the community of Wollaston Lake to the rest of the province. This comes as plans for another all-season road linking two uranium mines is moving ahead as scheduled. NDP...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
RCMP in Sandy Bay are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. 38 year-old Darcy Merasty was last seen on Tuesday night leaving a friend’s place. He is described as being five-foot-nine, one hundred and seventy pounds with an average build....
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
For the first time in several years oilsands rights have been sold in a Crown land sale in Saskatchewan. About $1 million dollars has been paid for two, 5-year permits on parcels of land just north of the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range. Ministry of Economy spokesman...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
Elders and leaders from many different language-groups within Saskatchewan attended this week’s Language-Keepers conference in Saskatoon. Delegates heard pleas from elders to keep speaking their language at home and within their communities. Peter Nippi of the...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2012
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a northern Saskatchean man heard yesterday that the RCMP officer who fatally shot Harry Haineault four years ago had no evidence of pepper spray on his clothing after the altercation. Cst. Jamie Grant says he tried using...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2012
Aboriginal leaders from across the country are again calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, also known as White Ribbon Day. National Chief Shawn Atleo...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2012
The second day of the First Nations Language Keepers conference is underway in Saskatoon. This morning, a special guest speaker from Quebec took the podium. Ellen Gabriel is well-known to many Canadians. She was the person chosen by her community of Kahnesatake to...
