by MBC News | Aug 22, 2013 | Current News
A Regina lawyer has filed a lawsuit on behalf of day-school survivors on the Red Pheasant First Nation. The plaintiff in the case attended the school from 1968 to 1977 where he was frequently sexually abused by a gym teacher. He also suffered emotional abuse and was...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2013 | Current News
There are deep aboriginal connections to the leadership of the Saskatchewan RCMP. The new commanding officer is from a small reserve in the Yukon. 45 year-old Brenda Butterworth Carr is taking over where 56 year-old Russ Mirasty left off. He is a member of the Lac La...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2013 | Current News
The minister in charge of the country’s purse-strings is denying claims by the opposition that Stephen Harper is trying to avoid some political heat by proroguing parliament. Critics are pointing to the Pamela Wallin Scandal and rumoured dissent within the Tory...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2013 | Current News
It is hoped a new designation will encourage and make it easier for First Nations people to find employment in senior administrative positions within band councils and other Aboriginal organizations. The Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada recently...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2013 | Current News
The Minister responsible for the Treasury Board met with small-business owners in Big River today. Tony Clement sat inside a diner talking to the residents alongside Northern Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke. Clement says many of the problems affecting business people are...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2013 | Current News
The provincial government took its child and family agenda to the province’s north to get feed-back from stakeholders in La Ronge and Pinehouse. The committee is made up of seven government ministries including social services, health, justice, education and policing....
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2013 | Current News
The Canadian Diabetes Association combined food, fun, and fitness at a community barbecue in North Central Regina aimed at making the aboriginal community more aware that they face a far higher risk of developing the life threatening disease. More than 85 thousand...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2013 | Current News
The President of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan is disputing allegations his government has not been accountable to the membership about its finances. Robert Doucette says every audit from the last five years is on the MNS website. He also says members were recently...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2013 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s top Mountie is calling it quits. Russ Mirasty will step down as the assistant commissioner of the Saskatchewan division at the end of this month. He was named to the top job in 2010. At the time he said communicating and building relations between the...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2013 | Current News
A pioneer in the field of First Nations education has passed away. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says its saddened to announce that Carole Sanderson died on Sunday. Born on the Sturgeon lake First Nation she spent some early years in residential...
