by MBC News | Mar 17, 2016 | Current News
Educators from across the province gathered at the Saskatoon Inn on Wednesday night to kick off a conference devoted to Indigenous education. Organizers say the focus of the Think Indigenous Education Conference is to showcase the strength of Indigenous education to a...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board The board that manages and monitors the huge herds of barren ground Caribou is expressing concern about dwindling numbers and what may be a larger than normal harvest during this year’s hunt. The chair...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2016 | Current News
A northern Saskatchewan member of parliament had a chance to directly ask questions of the minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs this month. As the NDP MP for Desnethe-Missinipi Churchill River, Georgina Jolibois wants updates on how the new Liberal government...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2016 | Current News
The third and final Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations conference devoted to wealth creation kicked off in Saskatoon Wednesday morning. All three conferences have been devoted to developing opportunity and wealth on reserve through land settlement claims. The...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2016 | Current News
A barren-ground caribou. Photo courtesy Government of Yukon, Ministry of Environment For some strange reason, the barren-ground caribou were scarce in northern Saskatchewan this winter but have converged on Tadoule Lake in northern Manitoba in unprecedented numbers....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2016 | Current News
The RCMP is investigating some serious allegations of a possible abduction that ended in the Big River area. The details are still being confirmed at this point. It was just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning that Big River RCMP got a call from an 18-year-old woman who...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2016 | Current News
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Canadian Light Source signed an agreement on Tuesday to enhance science education for First Nations. The partnership would see staff members from CLS attend science-related events in First Nations schools. In...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2016 | Current News
The leader of Saskatchewan’s Green Party says northern citizens should be involved in informing government and policy direction. Green Party Leader Victor Lau is laying out his ideas for northern development in his party’s ‘Real Change’...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2016 | Current News
The burned car that Troy Napope had last been seen driving. Photo courtesy RCMP The RCMP says they were still busy with the murder investigation of a missing Prince Albert man, even after they made their first arrest. Skylar Patrick Bird, 29, has been in custody for...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2016 | Current News
A man accused in a shooting death on Ahtahkakoop First Nation is not expected to go to trial. Dakota Knife, 20, was arrested in September after Tyrone Jacob Knife, 21, was found on a trail in the community, fatally wounded. Tyrone died before an emergency STARS air...
