by MBC News | Sep 6, 2013 | Current News
The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan will be dealing with the contentious issue of constitutional and governance reform at an assembly this weekend in Saskatoon. Most members of the provincial council say this assembly violates the MNS constitution, particularly the...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2013 | Current News
Three companies owned by Athabasca Basin Development have made SaskBusiness magazine’s official top 100 companies list. Team Drilling placed 76th, Points Athabasca 79th and West Wind Aviation 90th. The rankings were revealed at a gala in Regina on Sept. 4 and will be...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
Saskatoon police are looking for the public’s help regarding the death of an elderly Aboriginal man which is considered suspicious. On Aug. 19, around 9:45 p.m. in the evening, officers were dispatched to a call of an injured man in the 200-block area of Avenue I...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
Saskatchewan Métis filmmaker Danis Goulet made history Thursday night at the Toronto International Film Festival. Danis’ feature, Wakening, is the first independently produced short film to open the festival. Wakening will debuted prior to the opening film, The Fifth...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
The Saskatoon Food Bank’s milk program got a big boost Thursday afternoon from Cameco in the form of a $30,000 donation. September is “milk month” at the food bank and the mining company’s hefty donation will help ensure children, pregnant and nursing women will...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
A former chief of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan has forced a by-election on the reserve. Louis Taypotat, 75, was excluded from running in the 2011 election because he did not have a Grade 12 education. He challenged the rules, initially...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation of Manitoba has signed a new self-government agreement which will allow the band greater control over economic development, land management and education. The agreement, the first of its kind on the Prairies, was signed late last week...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
Charges have been laid against two people after a fatal weekend hunting accident in southern Saskatchewan. RCMP say the incident on the Star Blanket First Nation happened on Sunday evening. Investigators say a 32-year-old man was shot and killed after being mistaken...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
The lawyer heading up a class action lawsuit on behalf of former students of the Timber Bay Children’s Home says a recent decision against the Lac La Ronge Indian band won’t affect his case. Tony Merchant was commenting on the Court of Queen’s Bench...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013 | Current News
Ted Fontaine knows there are years he can never get back. These are the years he spent suffering psychological and sexual abuse while attending Indian residential schools in Manitoba and those spent trying to make sense of what had happened in the aftermath. Fontaine,...