by MBC News | Nov 7, 2013
There’s a new face behind the controls of the Willow Cree Healing lodge. Eric Michael, a member of the Beardy’s Okemasis Cree Nation has officially replaced Trent Mitchell as the director of the facility. Michael has spent much of his career at Willow Cree, which...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2013
Young aboriginals committing senseless acts of violence on one another was the topic of discussion at a gathering in Regina’s inner-city Wednesday. The day-long gathering focused on healing and finding alternatives to violence. It brought together area residents,...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2013
The cultural differences between corporate interests and the values of First Nations communities was a hot topic of discussion at an Aboriginal entrepreneurs conference in Ottawa this week. John Kim Bell is a senior advisor to Brookfield Renewable Power. Sitting...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2013
We’re learning more about the Federal government’s new safe-drinking water strategy for First Nations. On Friday the federal government announced that the Safe Drinking Water Act for First Nations had come into force. The parliamentary secretary for Aboriginal...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2013
A Metis lawyer has resigned from her profession. In a decision posted on the Law Society of Saskatchewan’s website, Michelle Leclair-Harding has apparently stepped away from the legal community. She was initially stripped of her ability to practice law in the province...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
A Battlefords courtroom clapped enthusiastically on Tuesday as Paul Leroux was convicted of multiple sex crimes. The former boys’ dormitory supervisor, who was employed at the Beauval Indian Residential School in the 1960’s, was found guilty of eight counts of...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
Record numbers of people are working in Saskatchewan and weekly earnings are at an all-time high, but the number of people using food banks is also way up. This year, more than 22,000 people will use food banks in the province, many for the first time. That is down...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
The court case pitting suspended Metis Nation – Saskatchewan area directors and Vice-President Gerald Morin against President Robert Doucette will be argued three months from now. Lawyers for both parties met today to discuss the new application taken against...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
Teachers, professors and community leaders are in Prince Albert today for the start of a two-day conference on northern education. Educators from throughout the province’s north are swapping best practices and ideas on how to improve student outcomes. Co-chair...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
A Canadian diamond company is announcing positive results from a summer drilling project in Saskatchewan’s north. During June and July, North Arrow completed 10 drill holes at the Pikoo Project, located about 120 km east of La Ronge. CEO Ken Armstrong says test...
