by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014 | Current News
Some people in northern Saskatchewan are unhappy with the Nutrition North Program which recently received more federal funding. The program is designed to cut down on the high cost of food, but only Fond du Lac, Stony Rapids and Black Lake are on the list of...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014 | Current News
The NDP opposition continues to pressure the provincial government to call a coroner’s inquest into the death of a homeless man who died earlier this month in Saskatoon. The body of 42-year-old Jerry Peequaquat was found in the cab of an abandoned semi-trailer in the...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014 | Current News
The Onion Lake Cree Nation is taking the Harper government to court over the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. Chief Wallace Fox filed a statement of claim Wednesday in the offices of the Federal Court in Edmonton. The controversial act requires First Nations...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014 | Current News
Prince Albert Grand Council says Rob Clarke needs to “get the right facts” before making comments about First Nations accountability. In an appearance last week on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, the northern Saskatchewan Conservative MP said...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014 | Current News
The City of Prince Albert is leading the way in the province in terms of First Nations representation on its police force. According to the Saskatchewan Police Aboriginal Recruitment Committee, more than 30 per cent of the city’s police force is of First Nations...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014 | Current News
There are big plans in the future for the Indigenous Agriculture Summit being held in conjunction with Agribition this year. This is the second year the summit has been held and attendance has doubled from 50 to 100 people this year. The chair of the summit wants to...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014 | Current News
Three Saskatchewan First Nations are taking the federal government to task for what they say are delays in resolving Treaty Land Entitlement payments. Mistawasis, Ahtahkakoop, and Sakimay First Nations say they have been waiting three years for the federal government...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014 | Current News
A Ministry of Justice policy analyst says resentment must end when looking at solutions to the overrepresentation of First Nations people from northern Saskatchewan at all levels of the justice system. David Gullickson spoke about the disheartening trend of the high...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014 | Current News
A Regina Liberal MP is calling a major $5.8 billion infrastructure announcement by the Harper government Monday little more than the repackaging of previous spending commitments. Ralph Goodale says this includes the federal government’s $500 million pledge to First...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014 | Current News
Delegates from across Canada and as far away as Florida are at the Indigenous Agriculture Summit which is being held in conjunction with Agribition this week. They are hearing first hand success stories and learning the ins and outs of how to access government...
