by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
If you like to drink or smoke you will now be paying more for this indulgence in Saskatchewan. As of April 1, the cost of liquor will rise by about three per cent and the cost of a pack of cigarettes goes up a dollar at midnight. These were the only two tax hikes in...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Party government is showing little interest in a resource revenue sharing agreement with First Nations. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations wants the province to open discussions on such a deal. The renewed call takes direct aim at the...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
Final legal arguments regarding compensation for former students of the Timber Bay Residential School will be heard later this spring in Saskatoon. Lawyers for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have raised two constitutional issues on why they believe the survivors should...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
The Saskatchewan government is pushing Ottawa to relax the rules surrounding foreign ownership of the province’s uranium companies. Energy and Resources Minister Tim McMillan says he has talked with his federal counterpart about the issue while the premier has also...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s new NDP leader says declining Aboriginal job numbers in the province are a major concern but don’t expect him to be calling for changes to the immigrant nominee program anytime soon. In a recently released report on First Nations education and...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
The last time an Aboriginal Affairs minister came to Saskatchewan, not too many people were told about it. When officials tried to whisk John Duncan into a closed door meeting on education with a handful of First Nations leaders in Saskatoon last month, tempers flared...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
Police have identified human remains found on the Sakimay First Nation a year ago as those of an Aboriginal man originally from northern Ontario. After a lengthy investigation, RCMP says the remains have been confirmed as those of Robin Cocks, originally from Dalles...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt was in Saskatoon on Tuesday to announce the first on-reserve potash mine in Canada. The $3 billion project is a partnership between the Muskowekan First Nation and B.C.-based Encanto Resources and will be located on reserve...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
It looks like the courts are the only option for a new chief and council trying to gain control of the Standing Buffalo First Nation. Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada says it is not getting involved in the situation. Over the weekend, Roberta Soo OyWaste was...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
A University of Saskatchewan student says a lack of government funding means many First Nations young people are getting short-changed when it comes to getting an education on-reserve. Marylou Mintram is the president of the Indigenous Students’ Council and she grew...
