by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
A new Treaty Commissioner has been named for Saskatchewan. On Wednesday afternoon Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett along with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations announced that Mary Culbertson would be taking over the position. Culbertson is a...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018 | Current News
UPDATE: Police say Taiyah Arcand-Tawpisim has been found safe. Saskatoon Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old girl. Taiyah Arcand-Tawpisim was last seen on Friday night in her family home in the Holiday Park neighbourhood....
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Three women have been elected to James Smith Cree Nation’s council. Three of four council members are now female following Friday’s election on the James Smith Cree Nation. Wally Burns will remain as chief and will be joined by Gerald McKay, Kendra McKay,...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Alex Dillabough Centre in Battleford has been transformed into a makeshift jury room, where more than 700 people have been summoned for jury selection for the trial of a Biggar-area farmer accused of shooting a First Nations man to death in the summer of 2016....
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
A Sixties Scoop survivor from Saskatchewan is taking the province and federal government to court over the exclusion of the Metis in the Sixties Scoop settlement. In October, the Liberal government promised an $800 million settlement in principle for survivors of the...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has been named one of Saskatchewan’s top employers. The organization was given the distinction by the Canada’s Top 100 Employers Project, which aims to recognize the country’s best places to work. The project...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
La Ronge RCMP are investigating the weekend death of a 22-year-old man. A snowmobile crash at Sanderson Point was reported shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday morning. Police say the driver of the snowmobile, a 22-year-old man from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, was...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
It is going to take time and money, but there is a firm commitment from the Indigenous Affairs department to turn over child and family services to First Nations and Metis communities. The promise was made at the end of a two-day summit in Ottawa involving dozens of...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Police are currently looking for 21-year-old Rueben Ratt of Pelican Narrows, as he allegedly stabbed a man in the community on Wednesday. RCMP believe Ratt may be the attacker of a 21-year-old man they found to be suffering from apparent stab wounds, around 4 am. The...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The temporary layoffs that were announced in November, have begun to take effect on two Cameco sites in northern Saskatchewan. Approximately 845 workers at the two operations will be without work for ten months until the sites are scheduled to reopen. Duncan Gardiner...
