by MBC News | May 9, 2013 | Current News
The federal government is admitting it badly underestimated the number of children that were physically and sexually abused at Indian residential schools. Aboriginal Affairs official Andrew Saranchuk says original government estimates put the number of former...
by MBC News | May 9, 2013 | Current News
The NDP opposition and Sask Party government continued to spar in the legislature Wednesday over the government’s decision to replace employees in fire towers with cameras. The government has said on a number of occasions that it is only following in the footsteps of...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013 | Current News
A 28-year-old man from Montreal Lake is accused of killing a three-year-old boy. Martin Abel Bird appeared in Prince Albert court on a charge of second-degree murder Wednesday morning. The toddler was rushed to hospital April 7 but died an hour later. An autopsy was...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal population is the fastest growing and youngest segment of the provincial population. New numbers from Statistics Canada for 2011 put the Aboriginal population in the province at just under 160,000, or 15.6 per cent of the total population....
by MBC News | May 8, 2013 | Current News
Fourteen Saskatchewan communities, including six First Nations, are still under a state of emergency because of spring flooding. Deputy commissioner of emergency planning Colin King says a big area of concern is the James Smith Cree Nation, south of Nipawin. He says...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013 | Current News
The Liberal critic for Aboriginal Affairs says the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission needs to be extended. The TRC’s five-year mandate is due to wrap up in July of next year. However, Carolyn Bennett says she thinks the government needs to talk to the...
by MBC News | May 7, 2013 | Current News
It’s been almost three years since anyone last saw Karina Wolfe, and the Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan held a fundraiser today in the hopes of finding the missing Saskatoon woman. The event was held at the Saskatoon Friendship Centre on Wall Street,...
by MBC News | May 7, 2013 | Current News
The price for uranium is low right now, and plans for new nuclear plants in some countries are mothballed. But retired Cameco CEO Jerry Grandey says that won’t last. He says the future of uranium is bright, thanks to fast-growing countries like China and India....
by MBC News | May 7, 2013 | Current News
Well the scene is brightening somewhat for flood-stricken communities in Saskatchewan. The Water Security Agency reports that most of the snow cover has gone into the lakes and streams. They gives them better accuracy in predicting how high water-levels will get. The...
by MBC News | May 7, 2013 | Current News
22 high school students from some remote locations in Northern Saskatchewan are on quite the field trip. They are in Regina for two days to learn about post-secondary education, careers, and how the government works. Corrine Favel is a guidance counselor at the...
