by MBC News | Dec 4, 2013 | Current News
Government and corporate duty to consult with Aboriginal communities when conducting activities that may affect Indigenous lands was one of the topics of discussionTuesday at a Saskatoon mining conference. The province is currently in the process of designing a...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2013 | Current News
A retired police Sergeant is touring Saskatchewan as part of an awareness campaign about bullying and cyber-bulling Brian Trainor wrote a comic book about the problem called Jason’s Nightmare and also co-authored the novel Bully 4U. The comic book ended up being...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2013 | Current News
A northern academic says he’s excited to be joining the International Centre for Governance and Development. Lindsay Blair has been named as a learning associate for the group and will, among other things, work with Masters Students to help them fulfill their...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2013 | Current News
RCMP say a homicide investigation is now underway into the death of Jodi Roberts. Mounties confirm that remains of the 24-year-old woman were found near Sucker River on November 27. She had been reported missing on November 6 after her family had not heard from her...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2013 | Current News
A charge of second-degree murder laid after the discovery of a woman’s body in Pelican Narrows earlier this fall has been stayed. The accused, 19-year-old John Bob Glen Custer, was initially due to make a court appearance in Pelican Narrows this morning....
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2013 | Current News
The leader of the provincial opposition says he’s deeply concerned about a leaked memo that he says suggests the Prime Minister’s Office is discouraging investment in Aboriginal education. On Monday in the Saskatchewan Legislature, NDP Leader Cam Broten read from a...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2013 | Current News
The First Nations University of Canada has unveiled its first long-term strategic plan. It’s a five-year roadmap that will guide the work of the university until 2018. This follows a year that saw enrolment and revenues increase. Overall, numbers appear to be moving...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2013 | Current News
An outfitter in Cumberland House says he is still experiencing the fallout from this year’s flooding. John Carriere says mud and water damaged several cabins owned by him and his family. He says they were eventually able to get the excess water out of the cabins but...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2013 | Current News
A researcher from the University of Saskatchewan says residents of northern communities should be kept closer to home during evacuations. This is one of several recommendations made by Professor James Waldram in his report on evacuations in the Wollaston Lake area...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2013 | Current News
Regina police would like to hear from anyone with information on a missing Aboriginal man. Police say 32-year-old Ronald Matthew Kay was last seen at a Saskatchewan Roughriders’ football game in Regina on Nov. 10. Police issued a public alert on Friday but no leads...