After a full year of work high school carpentry students in Saskatoon were able to hand over a brand new home to Whitecap Dakota First Nation this morning. Students from the High School Carpentry Apprenticeship Program at Mount Royal Collegiate have been working on...
Austin Jobb of Thakotitan Economic Development Corp. one of several Aboriginal representatives at a business conference in Saskatoon this week. A quick 20 minutes may be all it takes to develop some life-long business partners for some Aboriginal communities in the...
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Felix Thomas. Photo courtesy http://www.sktc.sk.ca/ Saskatchewan’s children’s advocate is weighing in on the dispute between the Ministry of Social Services and the Saskatoon Tribal Council over jurisdiction and reporting procedures for...
Despite a coroner’s inquest, an internal review, and 21 recommendations, the province’s child and youth advocate says more needs to be done to help special needs children like Dylan Lachance, who died while in custody at a youth facility in Prince Albert...
Don Kossick and other representatives from the Canadians for Tax Fairness present a Cameco security guard with the petition and a letter to Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel. Two corporate watchdogs have collected nearly 37,000 signatures demanding Cameco pay $2.1 billion in...
A war of words is underway between the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the Ministry of Social Services, after the province announced plans to take over STC’s on-reserve child welfare files. A letter issued publicly by Minister of Social Services Donna Harpauer on Tuesday...
Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer. Photo courtesy saskatchewan.ca REGINA – The Saskatchewan government is taking back responsibility for the care of children from the Saskatoon Tribal Council Child and Family Services. Social Services Minister Donna...
Saskatchewan First Nations leaders are speaking out against a Parole Board of Canada decision to release a residential school abuser from prison. Paul Mary Leroux, 76, has been serving time for gross indecency and indecent assault committed more than 50 years ago...
Thousands of First Nations people have converged at The Gathering Place in West Regina for the annual treaty day celebrations. In total, more than 5,000 people are expected to attend the two-day event, which is a tradition that goes back to 1874 when Status Indians...
Minister of Corrections Christine Tell and Foxvalley Counselling Mark Fox. Photo by Manfred Joehnck The provincial government has launched a two-year pilot project aimed at helping the most vulnerable families rebuild. A partnership between a handful of provincial...
