by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
Several northern Saskatchewan communities and projects will reap the benefits of over $7 million dollars in funding announced by the Community Initiatives Fund. This morning, the CIF announced the approval of 502 different grants for projects across the province....
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
A national committee for Aboriginal peoples is calling on the federal government to remove the two percent cap on increases in funding for on-reserve programs. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples tabled their report today and included with it thirteen...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
Wildfire Management officials say some large fires in the La Ronge area have kicked up again — but do not pose a smoke or fire threat to communities. Wildfire Management executive director Steve Roberts says the Egg and Sucker Fires are among four fires in the...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
Justice Murray Sinclair told a crowd of human rights workers Canadians need to be re-educated about the settler – First Nations relationship in the country. The head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says Canadians have been mis-educated about Indian...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
A man who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an 18 year-old in Prince Albert nearly three years ago has been given an 11-year prison sentence. Twenty-five-year-old Blake David Norman was sentenced in a Prince Albert courtroom yesterday for his involvement in the...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
A coalition representing people with disabilities wants to see an increase of $250 a month in provincial funding. Right now, about 15,000 people are enrolled in the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability Program. Most are barely getting by. Today, they...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2015 | Current News
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday after the body of a missing Prince Albert woman was found. RCMP say the remains of 22-year-old Danielle Nyland were located Friday evening just east of Shellbrook. The wooded area is situated about 500 metres from where her cell...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2015 | Current News
Two people were taken to hospital following a collision involving a police vehicle and a pickup on the Fishing Lake First Nation. Wadena RCMP say the crash happened around 6:00am Saturday at an intersection on the main grid road on the reserve. The RCMP officer...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015 | Current News
Family violence is the number one factor in missing and murdered Aboriginal women. That is the conclusion of an analysis of the numbers and a progress report one year after the RCMP released its report into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Over a 22-year period,...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015 | Current News
The Conference Board of Canada issued a report that northern communities need to heal from the effects of Indian Residential Schools as part of a northern economic growth plan. The report focused on how the north can plan for economic growth identifying three...
