by MBC News | Oct 2, 2015
Two northern Saskatchewan candidates are weighing in on a disputed Liberal promise of $2.6 billion for core First Nations education. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made that pledge in August, using the phrase “total new funding.” But the NDP claim he has...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2015
The Crown is done calling its witnesses at trial for a stabbing in the Kinistin-Saulteaux area that ended a man’s life two years ago. In September of 2013, Jordan Thomas Lumberjack was arrested for second-degree murder. His cousin Lance Severight was the victim of a...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2015
Sask. Housing wants to turn renters into home owners in remote northern communities. The corporation is offering to sell 50 social housing units to existing renters. Money raised through the sale will go back into buying or building more social housing units to keep...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2015
Lawyers are busy collecting evidence in the case of a young Ahtahkakoop man’s murder. That was the message from defense at the court appearance for Dakota Hilliard John Knife, 20, on Thursday morning. He’s charged with the first-degree murder of Tyrone Jacob...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2015
The 1990s launch of the first North American Indigenous Games has led to decades of hope that someday, Indigenous athletes would gather from around the world. On Wednesday night, a fundraiser was held in Saskatoon for Saskatchewan representatives taking part in the...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2015
The appeal of a murder conviction has been rejected. John Thomas Shaoulle was found guilty of first-degree murder by a Prince Albert judge in late 2013. He received a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Margaret Sewap’s body had...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2015
A woman from the Sandy Bay area is protesting SaskPower’s lack of consultation on a local project that will be worth $45 million once complete. On Wednesday afternoon, Michelle McDonald said she planned to stand outside a SaskPower open house that had been...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2015
September 30 has a symbolic meaning for Orange Shirt Day, which was created to remember all survivors of residential school. September 30 was chosen because it is this time of year when many children were taken from their homes to residential schools. It grew from the...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2015
The provincial government is hoping to encourage more aboriginals to capitalize on what will be a huge demand for skilled tradespeople. On Wednesday, it announced an investment of more than a half a million dollars for a program to help First Nations and Metis get the...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2015
An aboriginal advertising firm has launched a civil suit against a firm it had entered into an Elections Canada contract with two years ago. In August of 2013, the Ottawa-based businesses Spirit Creative and Acart Communications agreed to work together to advertise...
