by MBC News | May 30, 2013 | Current News
Final legal arguments regarding compensation for former students of the Timber Bay residential school are being heard today at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench. Lawyers for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have raised two main issues why they believe Timber Bay...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013 | Current News
A businessman with ties to northern Saskatchewan says it was clerical mistakes and not an attempt to cheat the government that recently landed him in hot water with the Canada Revenue Agency. Glen Strong was recently ordered to pay a $37,500 fine and spend 60 days in...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013 | Current News
Hundreds of Aboriginal students from across the province took part in the University of Saskatchewan’s graduation powwow on Wednesday. The full day event was filled with various activities including workshops, ceremonies honouring high school and university...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013 | Current News
A new report from the United Nations is throwing some startling revelations on violence against Indigenous women and girls. The inter-agency study looked at cases from Africa, Asia and Latin America. It found that the forms and nature of violence against indigenous...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013 | Current News
A business leader with ties to several boards in northern Saskatchewan could be headed to jail for tax offenses. Glen Strong and his company, Jagg Enterprises, were recently sentenced in provincial court for failing to comply with a court order requiring them to file...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013 | Current News
There will be an early election on the Standing Buffalo First Nation — and it is expected to be a hotly-contested race. It is not clear if Chief Roger Redman is seeking re-election, but he did win a bit of a court victory today. A compromise deal was worked out...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013 | Current News
Counsellors have been made available to students of a La Ronge area school where a shooting incident happened on Monday. The incident at Senator Myles Venne School took place after two youth were involved in an fight. Around noon one of them returned to the school...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013 | Current News
The Starblanket Cree Nation is joining forces with a drilling company. The band has secured a 50% stake in a drilling rig owned by CanElson drilling. The rig is set to explore oil fields on the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border. Lynda Bigknife works for Starblanket’s...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013 | Current News
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has granted Cameco a new ten-year license for the Beaverlodge mine site. The site was decommissioned in the 1980’s but still needs to be managed. Cameco spokeswoman Carey Hyndman says they are hoping to turn the site over to the...
by MBC News | May 28, 2013 | Current News
Saskatoon Police would like to hear from anyone with information on a missing 24-year-old man. Police say Joseph Pelletier was last seen several days ago and has not turned up for work at the Royal University Hospital. Police spokesperson Kelsey Fraser says that has...
