by MBC News | Sep 2, 2015 | Current News
Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde has six items he wants Canadians to focus on during the election campaign. In advance of the federal election on October 19, the AFN is sharing its priorities to close “the gap” for First Nations and Canada. “Our life...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2015 | Current News
Robert Doucette pictured in 2010. Photo courtesy Metis Nation – Saskatchewan, Facebook. A Court of Queen’s Bench decision rules against the president of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan. The court ruled Robert Doucette did not prove other members of the Provincial...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2015 | Current News
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has millions of stories to tell, and it wants to make sure they are told properly and respectfully. It is holding a series of hearings across the country to learn how residential school survivors and their families want...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2015 | Current News
The school bells are ringing again for kids across the province, and aboriginal families in a Prince Albert-area school division are a big part of a plan to help students succeed this school year. Saskatchewan Rivers School Division (SRSD) has been monitoring the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2015 | Current News
Three bears had to be destroyed in La Ronge late last week after several brushes with humans. Saskatchewan Environment’s Daryl Minter says a sow and her two cubs were spotted repeatedly near the town’s fire hall and high school. Minter says it became clear...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2015 | Current News
If elected to government, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair says his party would take several steps to end violence against women. One of these steps would be to launch a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women within 100 days of forming government....
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2015 | Current News
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the chief of Cote First Nation has some explaining to do. It costs more than $1 million to run the band council for the First Nation – which is located northeast of Regina – and the chief was paid nearly $200,000 in salary and...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2015 | Current News
A photojournalist who’s documented human rights violations in Africa says nothing has hit her as hard as the legacy of Canada’s residential schools. Last week, London and New York-based photojournalist Daniella Zalcman partnered with New Yorker magazine to unveil a...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2015 | Current News
Premier Brad Wall says he believes this summer’s wildfires will be an election issue in the Cumberland riding come next April. Wall was in La Ronge Thursday night to promote local Saskatchewan Party candidate and La Ronge mayor Thomas Sierzycki. The premier...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2015 | Current News
This week, a man was found dead in a Kamsack-area field inside a car that had been previously reported stolen. A farmer called the RCMP after the discovery on Monday. The RCMP determined the car had been there for 10 days. It seems the driver had been trying to cross...
