by MBC News | Sep 25, 2015 | Current News
Volunteers on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation are taking the annual Terry Fox walk to the next level. This year, three high school students are running from the First Nation’s school to Prince Albert over the course of a day and a half. Teacher Charlotte Campbell says...
by MBC News | Sep 25, 2015 | Current News
A Mi’kmaq man from Nova Scotia has beat out his Saskatchewan competition to become the new national chief for the Congress of Aboriginal People (CAP). On Friday, Dwight Dorey was elected as the new leader at CAP’s general assembly in Gatineau Quebec. Chigal Daniels...
by MBC News | Sep 25, 2015 | Current News
The University of Saskatchewan announced an aboriginal mentorship program for science, technology, engineering and math students. The university and the Saskatchewan Research Council signed an agreement to continue the Aboriginal Mentorship Program. Students like...
by MBC News | Sep 25, 2015 | Current News
A charge of second-degree murder has been laid against a man from northern Saskatchewan following the discovery this week of a man’s body in southern Alberta. RCMP say Silas Kiseyinewakup, who was 36, was found Tuesday morning adjacent to a farm where he was...
by MBC News | Sep 25, 2015 | Current News
A woman who skipped court after she was granted bail on armed robbery charges, is back behind bars. Carmine Patty Nayneecassum had already been released and approved for electronic monitoring in her father’s home on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation when she skipped court on...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015 | Current News
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation brought together aboriginal business suppliers and industry on Thursday. The band hosted its first-ever business forum to identify the opportunities in the oil, gas, and mining sectors. Whitecap Chief Darcy Bear says the band’s...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015 | Current News
This month, a Prince Albert inmate entered a guilty plea to assault and requested a penitentiary sentence before telling a judge, “I just want to get this thing over with.” Alfred Horace Young, 34, was serving time in a provincial facility when he attacked a fellow...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015 | Current News
An independent think tank says modern-day land claims are driving away resource development. The Fraser Institute says the courts are exercising too much discretion extending the agreements far beyond what was intended. The Institute used investment in the Yukon as an...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015 | Current News
If a Metis local leader has his way, a general assembly this weekend will see a controversial motion. Earlier this month, Green Lake Metis Nation president Kelvin Roy was part of a call to hold a Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) general assembly. The agenda for...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015 | Current News
Other areas of the province might take cell service for granted, but that’s not so in Wollaston Lake and Fond Du Lac First Nation. On Thursday, brand new cell towers in the two northern Saskatchewan communities took them from “little to no cellular service” to...
