by MBC News | Nov 25, 2015
First Nations have become more comfortable with information technology in the last few years. A conference at the University of Saskatchewan focused on the use of information technology to improve employment outcomes, community development and health care. SaskTel’s...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2015
A still shot from the music video Caught in the Storm. Photo courtesy David Hodges. A group of young people from English River First Nation and surrounding reserves have a freshly-released music video that the whole community is proud of. Some of their original songs...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2015
*EDITOR’S NOTE – A previous version of this story implied the victim had told Clarke she was 15 before they had sex. In fact, the girl testified at trial that she did not tell Clarke her age at any point. MBC apologizes for any confusion the earlier...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2015
About 25 people gathered in La Ronge Tuesday evening to hear details on planned increases to water and sewer rates in the town. The new fees were announced about a year ago and will involve 30 per cent increases each year until 2019, when the monthly residential fee...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2015
An organizer of the Indigenous agriculture summit in Regina says Saskatchewan First Nations should seize the opportunity to make their communities more self- sufficient by taking a closer look at what agriculture can bring to the table. This is the fifth year for the...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2015
On Monday, a group of teens in Ile a la Crosse got curling lessons from one of the best in the game. Stefanie Lawton, who has won four Saskatchewan curling titles, took a trip to the north-western community as part of her sponsorship agreement with Cameco, which is...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2015
The mother of a murdered Aboriginal woman says justice was done in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal today when the court upheld the murder conviction of Douglas Hales. Pauline Muskego traveled all the way down from the Onion Lake Cree Nation north of Lloydminster to...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
Throughout the week, students at the University of Saskatchewan remembered missing and murdered indigenous women. An emotional candle light vigil was held Friday afternoon on campus, with about 40 students taking part. Some students shared stories of missing loved...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
On any given day more than 200 people will use the Lighthouse in Saskatoon as a place to sleep, and this includes severe alcoholics. The Lighthouse opened up a 38-bed facility for intoxicated people who need a place to sleep it off over night. General Manager, Dave...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
A small Regina-based magazine is responding to a recent decision made by the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner regarding the northern village of Pinehouse’s financial records. Earlier this year, an investigative journalist with Briarpatch magazine...
