by MBC News | Sep 18, 2015 | Current News
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde says Thursday night’s federal party leaders debate mostly ignored First Nations economic issues. Bellegarde says the debate was a clear opportunity for all the leaders to explain their vision and plans for closing the gap in...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2015 | Current News
About 200 people gathered in Saskatoon Thursday night at a fundraiser for victims of this summer’s northern Saskatchewan forest fires. Fires raged in the north for much of June and July affecting a number of communities of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Montreal...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
Close to 100 people died this year from drug addiction in the Pelly-Kamsack area, according to the head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation’s Senate. Senator Ted Quewezance made his comments during the citizen’s forum at the Treaty 4 Gathering in Fort...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
Up until Thursday, the Water Security Agency was weighing its options on a controversial water diversion project near Quill Lake. The aim for the proposed project was to ease the risk that the saline Quill Lake will flood its banks during a high water year, and end up...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
The first northern health conference in nearly a decade is underway in Saskatchewan. The presentations and discussions cover four health authorities in northern Saskatchewan: Athabasca, Keewatin Yatthe Regional, Mamaweetan Churchill River (MCRHA), and Northern...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
The new-look high school in La Ronge finally got to celebrate its grand opening yesterday. The newly-renovated Churchill Community High School has been in use for a year now. The improvements include a new gym, stage and theatre area, learning centre, expanded...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
The province is putting its weight behind a project focused on First Nations and Metis students. Last year six schools piloted a program called “Following Their Voices” that follows recommendations made by FSIN through the Joint Task Force on Improving...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
Conservation officers in La Ronge have finally captured and relocated a nuisance bear that has been seen in the community’s downtown area in recent weeks. The two-year-old female was tranquilized Tuesday night after being spotted up a tree near a trap that had...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
The Water Security Agency says no decision has been made on a water diversion project near Quill Lake, and there has been plenty of consultation with First Nations. Patrick Boyle, spokesman for the Water Security Agency (WSA), was responding to a news release issued...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
The University of Saskatchewan is reaching out to remote northern Saskatchewan communities. The objective of the aboriginal entrepreneurship project is to engage high schoolers about job opportunities they can create where they live. It has actually been around since...
