by MBC News | Feb 12, 2015
A youth conference kicked off Thursday morning in La Ronge. The “Gift of Choice” conference is being put on by Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services. It features a variety of entertainment, traditional teachings, health and career information. Scheduled speakers...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2015
A newly released University of Regina Press book tells the heartbreaking tale of a residential school survivor from northern Saskatchewan. The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir is the personal story of Joseph Auguste Merasty who spent time in...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2015
Two women with a passion for the performing arts and the Aboriginal community were mourned Wednesday after a tragic car accident north of Regina Tuesday morning. Forty-nine-year-old Michelle Sereda, a graduate of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2015
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is traveling across Canada as part of a process of seeking feedback from its grassroots membership on a number of issues. CAP Chief Betty Ann Lavallee and Vice-Chief Ron Swain were in Saskatoon Tuesday night as part of the series of...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2015
A total of 280 SaskPower customers on the Hatchet Lake First Nation were without power for nearly a day. The outage began late Sunday afternoon and was only resolved by SaskPower workers early yesterday afternoon — 21 hours later. Reserve residents were...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2015
A Metis doctor and medical health researcher says Canada is in denial about racism in the health care system and how Aboriginals have become “second class” citizens when it comes to treatment. Dr. Janet Smylie authored a report called, “First...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2015
Gilbert Ledoux has been elected as the new chief of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Ledoux defeated four other challengers in yesterday’s chief and council elections, including incumbent Cliff Tawpisin by a mere two votes. Albert Dean Lafond and Harry James Lafond...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has distributed $75,000 to members whose trap lines were affected by the construction of a major power line. The band was involved in two years of negotiations regarding the 300 km transmission line running from Island Falls to Key Lake...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Aboriginals who were adopted into white families as children are suing the federal government. Almost 1,200 adoptees in Saskatchewan have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for their loss of culture and emotional trauma. Starting in the 1960s, thousands...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Unlike last year at this time, the flood forecast for this spring shows no indication of any major problems — but a lot can change in a short time. Today, Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency reported that below normal spring runoff is expected in the...
