by MBC News | Dec 16, 2015
Earlier this month, Mamawetan Churchill River Health Authority got a detailed look at the band’s work to curb suicide rates. Lac La Ronge Chief Tammy Cook-Searson shared the findings of a wellness centre feasibility study, and revealed the band’s mental...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2015
The University of Saskatchewan’s director of aboriginal initiatives, Candace Wasacase-Lafferty says the colours, red, yellow, white and blue used in Gordon Oakes Redbear Student Centre are the colours used by the family of the late Cree elder. The official grand...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2015
Photo courtesy TRC_en on Twitter The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released its final report following its fact-finding mission looking into Indian Residential Schools. The commission is calling on Ottawa to pass a law establishing aboriginal education...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2015
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society has released its latest update on caribou preservation efforts across the country. In Saskatchewan, new forest management plans must demonstrate how a company will keep at least 65 per cent of boreal caribou habitat...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2015
Fishing Lake First Nation will move forward with changes to a trust agreement that’s worth millions of dollars. The land claim trust dates back to 1907, and was settled nearly 15 years ago. At the time it was worth $34.5 million. A vote on the weekend sought to...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2015
Cameco says production from northern Saskatchewan’s Cigar Lake mine has surpassed 10 million pounds of uranium concentrate. The initial 2015 production target range for Cigar Lake was achieved during the third quarter. Cameco will report the full 2015 production...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2015
Rene Ballantyne circulated a petition that cited concerns about PBCN’s urban councillor. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski EDITOR’s NOTE: This story originally said the petition had more than 300 signatures. Federal court arguments reveal this number is actually...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2015
It’s been a whirlwind year for the Chief of Lac La Ronge Indian Band, as the summer’s wildfires forced Chief Tammy Cook-Searson to step up in a big way. She made headlines across the world, and it’s no surprise that she’s been named the...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2015
It is a tale of two worlds – the white and the aboriginal – and a young woman who lived in both, but didn’t feel a part of either. This was the life of Carol Daniels, a Cree woman from Sandy Bay who was adopted into a white home at birth. It is also the...
by MBC News | Dec 11, 2015
Millions of dollars hang in the balance of a Saturday vote on the Fishing Lake First Nation. Band members will decide whether or not to change the band’s trust agreement, which regulates spending on a multi-million dollar specific land claim. Chief Derek Sunshine...
