by MBC News | May 3, 2012 | Current News
A former dormitory supervisor at the Beauval Indian Residential School will be going to trial. Seventy-year-old Paul Leroux is facing a total of 17 charges. He was charged with indecent assault after complaints were filed by former students at the school. The...
by MBC News | May 3, 2012 | Current News
Several members of First Nations from British Columbia rolled through Saskatoon today on a nation-wide whistle stop tour. They are trying to raise awareness about the potential impact of an Enbridge pipeline. The Yinka Dene Alliance and the Haida Nation are two of the...
by MBC News | May 3, 2012 | Current News
The CEO of General Electric Canada says the government needs to think long-term when it comes to working with isolated and remote communities whose resources are being mined. Elyse Allen spoke yesterday at the Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce. Allen says more...
by MBC News | May 3, 2012 | Current News
A First Nations MLA is representing Saskatchewan at the federal-provincial meeting on the Status of Women. Jennifer Campeau of the Saskatoon-Fairview constituency says she is pleased to be in Halifax for the event. She says violence against women is one of the main...
by MBC News | May 3, 2012 | Current News
The U.S. Space and Rocket Centre is inviting nine-year-old Aboriginal children to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The camps have been running since 1982 — but this year, 12 scholarships are available to tribal groups across North America. Centre...
by MBC News | May 2, 2012 | Current News
The new president of Saskatchewan Co-operative Fisheries Ltd. says he wants more help coming from the province as fishers confront some tough challenges. Gordon Stomp was elected to his new post at the fishers’ annual meeting in Prince Albert over the weekend....
by MBC News | May 2, 2012 | Current News
Metis women who are hoping to learn more about their culture are being invited to join a new group in Regina. The Wiichihiwayshinawn Foundation is the brainchild of Ashley Norton. She launched the group in an effort to bring people together and promote positive ways...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
The leader of the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism says he feels discrepancies exist in the way two cases involving abused children have been treated by the justice system. Bob Hughes says he monitored the recent case of a young girl who was starved and...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
Two men will head to trial for allegedly killing a man from the Muskoday First Nation. Thirty-eight-year-old Wayne Moshenko and 20-year-old Cody Walker were both charged with assault and second-degree murder after the body of 36-year-old Ricky Bear was discovered in...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012 | Current News
Cameco is reporting strong profits for the first quarter of this business year. Net earnings are up 45% from the same time in 2011. The company says higher average realized prices and increased sales volume led to the increase, as well as the fact older contracts are...
