by MBC News | Sep 8, 2016
Logo courtesy of ccab.com There have been a lot of studies done on what the roadblocks are to economic development for First Nations in Canada, but the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business says it has come up with a plan that offers solutions and is groundbreaking...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2016
Residential school cemetery. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. Two years ago, barely anyone knew it even existed, now a small residential school cemetery on Regina’s western outskirts is on the verge of being protected and preserved as a heritage site. A woman, originally...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2016
Education Minister Don Morgan. Photo courtesy Saskatchewan.ca Saskatchewan’s education minister has some high praise for a program in North Battleford aimed at increasing graduation rates for Aboriginal students. Don Morgan was in the city on Wednesday. He was...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2016
File photo A 60-year-old man from Timber Bay, Saskatchewan is facing money laundering charges. Joseph Lavallee will make his first court appearance September 26th, 2016 in Prince Albert. The scam came to the RCMP’s attention in La Ronge when a man reported suspicious...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2016
A photo of the caravan participants. Courtesy the Treaty 8 Justice for the Peace Caravan Facebook page. A Caravan travelling across Canada raising awareness about a proposed mega dam site in British Columbia is stopping in Saskatoon Tuesday night. The group is aiming...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2016
Donna Bear with Thomas Pratt and Robert Cote Jr. Photo courtesy Facebook, Donna Bear. A Treaty 4 flag has been waving at one of the Standing Rock camps at the south end of north Dakota for the past week, bringing a reminder that First Nations opposition to the Dakota...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2016
University President Peter Stoicheff at the announcement. New funding for the University of Saskatchewan has the potential to make the university a world leader in water-based research. The federal government announced nearly $78 million in funding Tuesday morning for...
by MBC News | Sep 2, 2016
A man from Cote First Nation has made his first court appearance related to the Aug. 13 death of a woman who was found dead in a home on the reserve. Morgan Cote, 34, is charged with second-degree murder of the 20-year-old woman. She was pronounced deceased after...
by MBC News | Sep 2, 2016
A Metis local president says he’s confirmed a visit for the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, to Ile-a-la-Crosse on September 8. Local president Jim Durocher is a part of the survivor’s committee of former students of the Ile-a-la-Cross Boarding...
by MBC News | Sep 2, 2016
Jennifer Naytowhow is 27 years sober. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. More than 100 people took part in the Sturgeon Lake Against Drugs and Alcohol walk. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski A Prince Albert area reserve held a walk on Friday to acknowledge the impacts of drugs and...
