by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014 | Current News
The Assembly of First Nations is pushing for an extension on the deadline for Indian residential schools personal education credit applications. It’s a compensation program offered by Ottawa as set out in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. The...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014 | Current News
Grey Cup champion Geroy Simon brought his Coats 4 Kids program to Buffalo Narrows Friday afternoon thanks to a partnership with Cameco. Children in five different northern Saskatchewan communities will receive new or almost new winter coats from the program. Geroy’s...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014 | Current News
Claude Resources has been fined $172,000 for a January 2013 diesel leak at the Seabee goldmine, about 125 kilometers northeast of La Ronge. The company recently pleaded guilty in La Ronge provincial court to charges under Saskatchewan’s Fisheries and Environmental...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014 | Current News
The mayor of La Ronge says he respects the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation’s input but contends the organization doesn’t have all the background behind the town’s proposed water and sewer rate hikes. The town will be applying for a 30 per cent increase next year and...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014 | Current News
An ongoing commemorative art project that honours missing and murdered Indigenous women has come to Saskatoon. Walking With Our Sisters opened at the Wanuskewin Heritage Park Friday and is on display until Nov. 21. The project has close 2,000 moccasin vamps donated in...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014 | Current News
The Northlands College campus in La Ronge just got a little bigger. The provincial government has transferred two buildings to the campus. One was being leased by Northlands and is already being used for classrooms and a lab and the other building was being used for...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014 | Current News
The television show The Other Side was in Saskatoon on Thursday to investigate paranormal activity at the Park Town Hotel. The show is made up of intuitive Jeff Richards, paranormal investigator Bill Connelly, researcher Priscilla Wolf and Aboriginal elder and spirit...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014 | Current News
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has another woman vice chief. Heather Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation is now the federation’s Fourth Vice Chief. Bear defeated the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s Robin McLeod by a vote count of 568 to 293 in...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014 | Current News
All six Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority casinos in the province get high marks for responsible gaming. They have been accredited by the Responsible Gambling Council, which works to reduce problem gambling through awareness and information campaigns. SIGA vice...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s court of appeal has increased the sentence of a Regina gang leader serving 15 years for manslaughter. At issue is the amount of credit he was given for pre-trial custody. Shawn Curtis Keepness was given four-and-a-half years for time served, some...
