by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
Efforts are being made to increase the number of aboriginal students graduating from high school in Saskatoon. Jennifer Hingley is the coordinator of the First Nations and Metis education unit of the city’s public schools. She explains that since December 31st...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
OTTAWA – Senators have voted to force Sen. Patrick Brazeau, who is facing criminal charges, to take a leave of absence from the upper chamber. The Conservative motion passed Tuesday by senators, calls on Brazeau to step aside temporarily in order “to protect the...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
The Beardy’s Okemasis First Nation has lost a distinguished elder. Officials with the band say Howard Cameron passed away early Tuesday morning in hospital. A long-time RCMP officer, Cameron received the Centennial Award of Merit in 2005. He also spent time as...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
A senate hearing was underway in Ottawa on Tuesday to examine a proposed government bill that would force First Nations to publicly disclose their financial information on the Internet. In the morning, the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples listened to a...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
The chair of the premier’s new task force on aboriginal youth is confident her work will make a difference. Saskatoon backbench MLA Jennifer Campeau was appointed to the role last week. She says her job is to engage aboriginal youth, to find out what barriers they are...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
Wild-rice producers who want insurance this year will be paying significantly more in premiums. For instance, in 2012 producers in the western region paid 33 cents per acre for 50 per cent coverage and that will go up to 42 cents per acre this year Harvesters in the...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
Golden Band Resources has a new leader. Mark Thiel is the company’s new interim president and CEO after his predecessor, Robson Garden, resigned suddenly for personal reasons. In a release the company says Garden will stay on as a member of the company’s board...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2013
The First Nations University of Canada is making a donation to make life a little more pleasant for dying patients. It is donating six computers to Regina palliative care incorporated. The computers will be used to set up Internet stations for palliative patients and...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2013
Reaction to the news that Pope Benedict is resigning at the end of the month is pouring in from all four corners of the globe including here at home. Bishop Albert Thevenot presides over the Prince Albert diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. He says the news is...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2013
Members of the Idle No More movement are calling on the Chief of the Assembly of First Nations to refuse to accept a high-profile award. AFN Chief Shawn Atleo is expected to receive an Indspire Award for Education on Friday in Saskatoon. Indspire is the new name for...
