by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
Fifty-eight per cent of the voting delegates at the Prince Albert Grand Council annual assembly voted to re-elect Ron Michel as Grand Chief today. Running against Michel was Elmer Ballantyne of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. All of the voting delegates made their way...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
The largest non-governmental funder of Indigenous Education will be honouring 14 outstanding Aboriginal Canadians in February, including one from Saskatchewan. The 2015 Indspire Awards will be presented to acknowledge the First Nations, Metis and Inuit achievers....
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
A new strategic partnership has been formed between the province’s largest First Nation and a Saskatoon-based engineering and consulting company. The business development arm of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Kitsaki Development Corporation, has purchased a 25...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
A northern Saskatchewan chief says First Nations leaders need to be fully transparent and accountable to their own members. Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Peter Beatty says he is not sure if the general public should be in that mix. The federal government...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
A scathing report, a high profile resignation and a promise to do better were all part of the latest developments Monday in SaskPower’s ongoing smart meter debacle. The government says it takes the findings of a review very seriously and will act on all...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
The federal government says it is going to get tough on bands that fail to comply with the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. The legislation, which requires First Nations to post their financial statements and band council salaries on the government website,...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
The Prince Albert Grand Council annual general assembly kicked off Monday. For most of the day the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre was standing room only with a number of elders, chiefs, delegates and members of the public in attendance. PAGC Vice-Chief Brian...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
Two men were killed in a single vehicle rollover on the Big River First Nation early Saturday morning. The driver of the 2004 GMC Envoy lost control while traveling west on the 793 grid road around 5 a.m., rolling several times into a ditch on the south side of the...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
It’s been almost half a century since a group of men jumped from planes to fight forest fires in northern Saskatchewan and one author wants to ensure their legacy is preserved. Hope Pederson has written a new book called The Saskatchewan Smoke Jumpers. Smoke jumpers...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2014
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation signed a four-year agreement with Saskatoon Public Schools this morning that will see its students receive a level of services and funding similar to students attending provincial schools. As part of the agreement, students and...
