by MBC News | Nov 7, 2012 | Current News
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she feel yesterday’s US presidential election victory by Barack Obama is better for the climate than if Mitt Romney had won — but she’s not sure by how much. May says Obama was largely a disappointment in his...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2012 | Current News
The new chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples says he is looking forward to the challenge. Yesterday, Ottawa resident and long-time police officer Vernon White was elected to take over from outgoing chair Gerry St. Germaine. The Conservative was...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2012 | Current News
A teacher from Saskatoon is being recognized for her efforts to share some traditional knowledge with her students. Elizabeth Phipps teaches at Fairhaven School and designed a five-week course aimed at teaching kids how First Nations and Metis culture impacted...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2012 | Current News
Some high praise is being given to summer camps in the province designed to get Aboriginal children reading more. According to organizers, over 960 kids attended 23 camps in 25 communities in the province this summer. This includes camps in Buffalo Narrows, La Ronge,...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2012 | Current News
The Saskatchewan government has asked the RCMP to investigate after a former First Nations chief set up an online gambling website. Bernard Shepherd from the White Bear First Nation has launched a new gaming site at www.northernbearcasino.com. Under the Criminal Code...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has announced plans to gather statements from inmates at two jails in Prince Albert. On Thursday and Friday, TRC members will talk with inmates at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary and Riverbend Institution. In a release, TRC...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
It is up and it is running. The province’s first online casino opened this morning. It is being run out of an office on the Whitebear First Nation in southeast Sasktchewan. The former chief of the reserve, Bernie Shepherd, is behind the new Northern Bear Casino....
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the successful completion of negotiations between Canada and India that will implement a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement, originally signed in 2010. Premier Brad Wall is applauding the uranium deal. Wall says the...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
The trial for a man charged after a riot in La Loche last year will not be taking place. The proceedings were scheduled to begin yesterday, but 10 charges against 27-year-old Fabian Laprise were stayed by the Crown late last month. On September 30th, 2011, emergency...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2012 | Current News
The chief of the Hatchet Lake First Nation is warning people to stay off of ice in the area. Bart Tsannie says there is some ice along the shoreline of Wollaston Lake, but it is still too dangerous. Tsannie says he has heard of a couple of snowmobiles already going...
