by MBC News | Feb 7, 2014 | Current News
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is hoping Jim Flaherty takes a page out of its 2014 alternative budget. Each year the group publishes its own budget for the federal government to consider. One of the recommendations contained in its new financial plan is...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2014 | Current News
About 650 people attended a major two-day Aboriginal youth anti-gang conference this week — the first of its kind in Saskatoon.The 10,000 Healing Steps conference was hosted by STR8 UP and featured a number of prominent keynote speakers in policing, social...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014 | Current News
A Brandon, Manitoba high school student says his school made him feel ashamed of his native heritage, but now he has a renewed pride and a lot of support in his fight with the school division over smudging. 17 year-old Stephan Bunn is still grieving the loss of his...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014 | Current News
Policing and social services agencies working collaboratively is the focus of a new Saskatoon program aimed at keeping Aboriginal youth out of gangs. The Saskatoon HUB, which is set to open in about a month or so, will see various agencies working under one roof as...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014 | Current News
Preventing young Aboriginal people from entering gang life is the topic of discussion at a Saskatoon conference this week. The two-day “10,000 Healing Steps: Resilience and Community” conference, hosted by STR8-UP, wraps up today. Dr. Mark Totten, who...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation is honouring the Idle No More movement with a 2014 Global Citizen Award. The award was created in 1990 to recognize individuals and groups who are committed to international cooperation and peace. SCIC...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014 | Current News
The Native Women’s Association of Canada says it hopes new research that shows 824 Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered will spark fresh debate in Canada. President Michele Audette says she wants to meet with the woman who compiled the database....
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014 | Current News
Some of the main reasons why not enough houses are being built on First Nations reserves was discussed last night at a Senate committee meeting in Ottawa. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples heard from Canada’s auditor general. Michael Ferguson...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2014 | Current News
Provincial cabinet ministers were fielding a lot of questions from the North during the bear pit session at the SUMA convention in Regina. There were flooding concerns from Cumberland house and questions about how the provinces growth strategy could better serve the...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2014 | Current News
The Saskatoon Public School Board says it needs to do more consultation before making any decisions on the Bedford Road Collegiate logo. A delegation appeared before a packed and at times emotional school board meeting last night arguing the school’s Redmen logo is...
