by MBC News | May 31, 2014 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s highest court is being asked to overturn the dangerous offender designation of Andy Peekeekoot. His case has attracted the attention of Amnesty International and the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism. The 34-year-old was sentenced to an indefinite...
by MBC News | May 31, 2014 | Current News
The Harper government is cutting a Manitoba program that aims to save the lives of infants. The Strengthening Families Maternal Child Health program, which has been hailed by the Health Council of Canada as a best practice, is on the federal government’s chopping...
by MBC News | May 31, 2014 | Current News
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says he is unwilling to start from scratch on proposed changes to First Nations education. Valcourt said he is disappointed the Assembly of First Nations has walked away from its agreement with the government. The changes...
by MBC News | May 31, 2014 | Current News
A national bestselling book that harshly criticizes Canada’s first prime minister is oddly enough the recipient of the Sir John A. Macdonald prize for history. Six months before the 200th anniversary of Macdonald’s birth, James Daschuk has been awarded the prize for...
by MBC News | May 29, 2014 | Current News
Court heard Thursday a videotaped statement Douglas Hales made to Saskatoon police in August 2008 will be allowed as evidence. Hales is on trial for first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Daleen Bosse of Onion Lake Cree Nation who was last seen in May 2004....
by MBC News | May 29, 2014 | Current News
Days of searching from the air, the ground and even the water have failed to turn up any sign of a missing teen on the Ochapowace First Nation. Seventeen-year-old Kelly Allary was last seen walking down a road on the reserve at about midnight on May 19. Community...
by MBC News | May 29, 2014 | Current News
Students from Balcarres, Bert Fox Community High School, Cowessess, Grenfell and Chief Paskwa have created their own magazine called, “Kitoskâyiminawak Pîkiskwêwak: Our Young People Speak: Treaty Edition”. This marks the third year the magazine has been...
by MBC News | May 29, 2014 | Current News
Indigenous students from across Canada will now have greater access to bursaries and scholarships — thanks to the launch of Indspire’s $20-million Building Brighter Futures Campaign. Research conducted by Indspire suggests that lack of financial resources...
by MBC News | May 29, 2014 | Current News
This Saturday is “World No Tobacco Day” and to mark the occasion the Kelsey Trail Health Region’s “Chew On This” tour is visiting the North East School Division. The tour focuses on the harm associated with chewing tobacco. Audrey Parker,...
by MBC News | May 28, 2014 | Current News
An Aboriginal justice expert says the principle of alternative sentencing for Aboriginal offenders is not getting the attention it deserves in Canadian courtrooms. Professor Jane Dickson-Gilmore says lawyers, judges and the Canadian public all need to learn more about...
