by MBC News | Apr 18, 2016
Saskatchewan Environment Aviation Operations are gearing up for another season of fire fighting in the province. A total of 34 pilots will be using two types of air tankers owned by the province to operate out of several air tanker bases. Dennis Renaud, the Director...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2016
An Alberta man is scheduled to appear in Lloydminster Provincial Court today after the death of a man on the Onion Lake Cree Nation. RCMP were called to a home on the reserve Friday afternoon about an injured person. The victim was taken to hospital in Lloydminster...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2016
The management team at Procon Group, which is seeking to recoup money owing from Golden Band Resources. Photo courtesy procongroup.net A company that mined gold in the La Ronge area until 2013 is fighting a bid that would put it into receivership. According to the...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2016
Carrying signs that read “Young First Nations are under Attack,” about 30 protestors gathered in front of the aboriginal affairs office in downtown Regina during the noon hour. They staged a protest to bring attention to the suicide crises among aboriginal teens. Last...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2016
Photo courtesy onexone.org A new program in northern Saskatchewan is hoping kids will no longer come to school hungry. Four schools across the north have introduced a new breakfast program. Schools in Fond du Lac, Stony Rapids, Black Lake and Uranium City are now...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2016
The President of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan says now is the time for the organization to put forward a united front. MN-S President Robert Doucette made the comments in response to Thursday’s historic Supreme Court decision, which says Metis and non-status...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2016
The Supreme Court of Canada. Photo courtesy http://www.scc-csc.ca/vis/gal/buil-edi-eng.aspx The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that Metis and non-status are Indians under the Constitution. The landmark, 9-0 ruling will have an impact on the relationship...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2016
Sexual assault charges have been laid after an RCMP investigation on a Saskatchewan reserve that involved a part-time employee at an elementary school. RCMP say George Gamble is charged with three counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference and five...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2016
By the busloads, hundreds of school children and teachers from all over southern Saskatchewan arrived at the U of R for an emotional lesson on the true history of how Canada became a nation. It was billed as a “Day of Walking Together” and it told the story of...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2016
Over the course of six hours on Wednesday evening, parliamentarians spoke about the crisis in Attawapiskat. Desnethe-Missinippi Churchill River MP Georgina Jolibois was the second to speak. She shared her experience with the sense of hopelessness and despair that...