by MBC News | Mar 6, 2017
File photo An autopsy is scheduled for today in Saskatoon after the death of a woman on the Mistawasis First Nation. Early Friday morning, Shellbrook RCMP were called to a home on the reserve about an unresponsive woman. The 28-year-old was taken to hospital in...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2017
The per-capita distribution setup at the Recreation Centre. Photo courtesy Chief & Council – Beardy’s & Okemasis First Nation, Facebook. It’s been a hectic week on Beardy’s and Okemasis, with thousands of registered band members...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2017
Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Real Estate Handout The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Executive is calling on the Saskatchewan government to put an immediate stop to the auction sale of 62 parcels of Crown lands this month until the...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2017
Josee Lusignan with Chief Larry Ahenakew pictured in November. Photo courtesy I Love First Peoples, Facebook. A Quebec-based group called I Love First Peoples stopped in at Ahtahkakoop’s schools on Friday to deliver goodies and a strong message to the Cree...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck It is a science fair with an Indigenous flair. Dozens of students from the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council are participating in a competition that combines traditional First Nation knowledge with scientific theory. About 40...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2017
RCMP insignia. File photo. The RCMP’s North District Commander says Loon Lake members put their safety on the line at a home on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation on Wednesday night. The officers were responding to a call on the reserve to find the house they were headed...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2017
Grade 12 student Maya Houle at the stop racism youth leadership workshop. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan’s annual push to “March Out Racism” was well underway this week as they hosted an anti-racism youth...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2017
Diane Boyko (Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division), STC Chief Felix Thomas and U of S Education Dean Michelle Prytula sign MOU at St. Frances Bilingual School. Photo courtesy of Saskatoon Tribal Council Facebook page. The Saskatoon Tribal Council has signed a...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2017
Screenshot of one of the SGI Save a Life Campaign videos. With more than 40,000 views, a video on the dangers of drinking of driving has won the viewer’s choice award in a contest sponsored by SGI. A dozen entries put together by First Nations high school students...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2017
Census photo courtesy Statistics Canada, Facebook. This is the first of a multi-part series looking into the census population number breakdown in Saskatchewan’s northern municipalities and Indian Reserves. The Census says northern Saskatchewan’s 24 towns and...
