by MBC News | Nov 17, 2015
The leaders of post-secondary schools across Canada are putting their heads together in Saskatoon. The University of Saskatchewan is hosting a national conference to come up with ways to improve First Nations education, titled “Building Reconciliation.” The needs were...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2015
More than 100 people from First Nations communities gathered in Saskatoon on Tuesday to learn about community energy planning. A wide range of topics will be discussed ranging from managing household electricity to large industrial projects like solar and wind energy....
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2015
More than a hundred people staged a protest rally in front of the legislative building Tuesday afternoon in support of Syrian refugees. They were carrying signs that read, “tear down the wall” and “refugees welcome.” The event was organized quickly in response to...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2015
There has been another major victory for First Nations in the Supreme Court. This one gives them the right to sue private parties without first proving aboriginal title. It’s a precedent-setting case that originated in B.C. over a dam that was built more than 60 years...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2015
Friday’s attack in Paris has fired up people’s fear of the unknown, especially when it comes to recent immigrants and refugees. On Monday, a timely event in Prince Albert tackled that very topic, and discussed how to break up cultural divides. The Prince...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
A man who grew up in the Middle East is worried about anti-immigrant response to Friday’s devastating attacks in Paris. Amin Makki emigrated from Iran to Canada four years ago, and on Monday he visited a timely meeting of an anti-discrimination working group in Prince...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
The University of Regina is making a push to graduate more Aboriginal students with a business degree. This morning, it signed an agreement with the First Nations University of Canada and the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies to encourage more students to...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
La Ronge RCMP have a youth in custody and are looking for several other suspects following a rash of residential break-ins this past weekend. RCMP say they received “numerous” complaints of residential break and enters in La Ronge. Mounties say several...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
The Saskatchewan government is providing funding for the establishment of a new commission to oversee outfitters in the province. The Saskatchewan Outfitters Association will work to develop the commission, and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism Saskatchewan will...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
Two addictions services groups in Saskatchewan are scrambling to deal with the loss of $100,000 that they had used to run the province’s Gambling Helpline. Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) used to provide the mobile crisis groups in three cities with...
