by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013 | Current News
Members of the Prince Albert Grand Council are not happy with the Harper government’s new First Nations education act, so they are taking things into their own hands. Member bands are currently drafting their own education acts which they plan on sending to Ottawa by...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013 | Current News
A ground breaking Indigenous art show opens its doors to the public in Regina on Friday. The curator of the First Nations art display at the MacKenzie Art Gallery says it was a humbling experience to meet the artists and collect the pieces for the show. The exhibit...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013 | Current News
SaskEnergy says it has surpassed its goal for natural gas customers in the La Ronge area. Spokesman Dave Burdeniuk says there was an increase of about 130 residential and commercial hookups this year – bringing the total number of customers in the region to 839....
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013 | Current News
Officials with the Saskatoon Health Region First Nations and Métis Health Service say they are pleased with a recent visit to the north. On Monday, they met with representatives from La Ronge and on Tuesday another visit was made to Stony Rapids. Health service...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2013 | Current News
RCMP have issued a Canada-wide search warrant for a former employee of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation after a significant amount of money went missing from the band’s accounting department. Hugo Gallegos, 40, has been charged with theft over 5,000 dollars and...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2013 | Current News
A University of Regina graduate student says the media needs to rethink the way it covers Aboriginal issues. Holly McKenzie wrote her Masters thesis on media coverage of missing and murdered Aboriginal women focusing on the Saskatchewan cases of Daleen Bosse and Amber...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2013 | Current News
A dispute over exploration for oil and gas on the Thunderchild First Nation continued on in a Saskatoon courtroom Tuesday. Marilyn Wapass was arrested last month for violating a court order which prevents interference with seismic testing on the reserve. A group of...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2013 | Current News
A new campaign aims to create greater awareness and understanding about what qualifies as a sexual assault. The “Don’t be that Guy” campaign was launched on Tuesday morning in Saskatoon. Heather Pocock, the assistant director at the sexual assault and information...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2013 | Current News
BC’s child advocate says three child welfare bodies failed to protect the interest of a foster child who nearly died under the care of her grandparents in the Fort Qu’Appelle area in 2008.Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the BC Representative for Children and...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2013 | Current News
A new report on the state of health care services in northern Saskatchewan should be in the hands of Health Minister Dustin Duncan later this week. The study is written by Dr. Dennis Kendel of Saskatoon who visited Ile-a-la Crosse, Buffalo Narrows, La Loche and La...
