by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan researcher says the residential school system, 60’s scoop and now inadequate child welfare policies have all served to normalize a culture where it is seen as acceptable for the state to take away Aboriginal children from their families....
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a pilot en route to La Ronge died in a crash in British Columbia yesterday afternoon. The victim is a 55-year-old former La Ronge resident. Officials say the Cessna twin engine aircraft took off from the...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
Cameco has been given the green light to begin production at its long-awaited Cigar Lake uranium mine. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has issued a mining licence to the company authorizing the construction and operation of its Cigar Lake Project. In its...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
Uranium giant Cameco is working to put together more long-term collaborative agreements with Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan. The company has a 25-year history of working with northern communities, and has recently put together two deals worth nearly $1...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
About 850 people are gathered at the University of Saskatchewan today for a major Indigenous academic conference. The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association conference runs from today until Saturday. Chair Robert Innes says the international conference...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
An authority on early childhood development made a stop in La Ronge on Wednesday as part of a tour of northern Saskatchewan communities. Dr. Jean Clinton is a child psychiatrist and an Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Clinton...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2013
RCMP has confirmed the body found in a slough last week at One Arrow First Nation is 38-year-old Wilfred Almightyvoice. Almightyvoice was reported missing last October after family members did not hear from him for several days. His remains were found in the slough...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2013
Efforts are being made this week to start a blueprint for housing outcomes in northern Saskatchewan. A researcher from the Conference Board of Canada says this part of the province is leading the way in creating sustainable housing options for all of northern Canada....
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2013
Treaties were the topic of discussion on Tuesday at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations’ Indigenous Youth Transition Gathering in Saskatoon. Students participated in a number of breakout sessions in the afternoon in which they discussed treaties in the...
by MBC News | Jun 11, 2013
The provincial government’s Special Committee on Traffic Safety visited La Ronge today to gather information from the public. It is one of the final stops on the provincial tour which also included Regina, Estevan, Saskatoon, Prince Albert and Pelican Narrows....
