by MBC News | Jun 15, 2017
The Saskatchewan Polytechnic unveiling. Photo courtesy SaskPolytech, Twitter. So far, June in Saskatoon has been full of events to touch on the history of its Aboriginal residents and bring about reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. On...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2017
Councilor Kevin Seesequasis and Chief Roy Petit raise Pride flag at Beardy’s Band Office. Photo by Dean Bear. Cool and wet weather couldn’t dampen the spirits of members of the Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation on Thursday as a large crowd turned...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2017
Fond-du-Lac aerial view. Photo courtesy Facebook. Early 2018 trial dates have been set for a former Fond-du-Lac Chief accused of fraud. Napoleon Mercredi is also charged with theft and breach of trust by a public officer, after what the RCMP calls an extensive...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2017
AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde. File photo. The Assembly of First Nations and the Liberal government are looking at developing an Indigenous Languages Act. The partnership would look at protecting, recovering and maintaining Indigenous languages. AFN Chief Perry...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of AG Canada Nearly 800,000 acres of government-owned pastureland will be available for long-term leases rather than be sold to private users. That decision was announced today, following weeks of public input earlier this spring. There will also be...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2017
Pelican Narrows. Photo courtesy of peterballantyne.ca A 20-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after a death last weekend in Pelican Narrows. RCMP say Curtis Michel from Pelican Narrows was arrested on Monday. Police were called to a home in the...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2017
Anthony “John” Custer and his mother Noreen. Photo submitted by Noreen Custer. A mother who lost her first-born son in a Pelican Narrows beating is reacting to the sentence for his killer, saying “I am glad that at least my son got justice.” In...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2017
Crown prosecutor Lloyd Stang leaves court on June 13, 2017. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Concerns about the La Loche school shooter’s motive, sense of remorse and empathy, and continued fascination with guns have arisen at his sentencing hearing this week. This comes...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2017
George Gordon First Nation. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. The band council of the George Gordon First Nation, northeast of Regina, is taking the next step to hold a by-election for chief and one vacant councillor position. It has passed a motion to begin the...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2017
Photo courtesy of CRTC The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has granted five new radio licences to serve Indigenous people in urban areas. The new stations will be located in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto. Northern...
