by MBC News | Jul 23, 2012 | Current News
A Moosomin First Nation student cracked the top 20 in the Miss Teen Canada-World pageant on the weekend. By doing that, 16-year-old Nikita Kahpeaysewat qualified to compete internationally, according to her mom, Chuckie Nicotine. But Nicotine says they won’t be...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2012 | Current News
Newly re-elected National Chief Shawn Atleo says he was humbled to be given another term in office this week and will continue working for First Nations people for the next three years. The Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly ended yesterday in Toronto,...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2012 | Current News
A bit of Metis history was unveiled yesterday at Batoche. About 100 people took part in a mass at the historic St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church before spilling outside where a ceremony was held in honour of a new monument at the site. A memorial bench and...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2012 | Current News
A director with the Gabriel Dumont Institute is applauding an announcement by the province yesterday that it is putting $200,000 into Metis education. Karen Schmon says the Metis population is growing by the fastest margin, yet many Metis residents lack the funding to...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2012 | Current News
Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP are looking to the public for assistance in locating Ramie Louis Bellegarde. Police believe the 32-year-old man from the Little Black Bear First Nation was involved in a robbery of a business in Lebret. It happened in the early morning hours...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2012 | Current News
The Saskatoon Health Region has released a new report examining the infant mortality rate in the region. The numbers suggest Saskatoon is largely on par with the rest of the country. The report looked at births between 2007 to 2009. The rate of infant deaths per 1000...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2012 | Current News
For the first time ever, AIDS in Aboriginal populations will receive attention at an international AIDS conference being held in Washington, D.C. A Saskatchewan AIDS organization says it is high time. Margaret Poitras is the executive director of the All Nations Hope...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2012 | Current News
A 19-year-old La Ronge woman who stabbed herself in the leg early this morning and then disappeared has been located safe and sound. The La Ronge RCMP were first notified of the incident just before 3:30 a.m. She left the scene before the Mounties arrived — and...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2012 | Current News
About 5,000 people are expected to converge on Batoche this weekend for the 42nd annual Metis cultural celebration. The Back To Batoche Days Festival is considered the largest Metis gathering in North America. The singing, fiddling and dancing begins today with...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2012 | Current News
Saskatchewan Education Minister Russ Marchuk has announced $200,000 in funding for the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan for research to improve education and employment for Metis people. The president of the MN-S, Robert Doucette, welcomes the funding — saying...
