by MBC News | Mar 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Runoff from the spring snow melt is expected to be near normal to above normal in most of the province. That is according to the Water Security Agency, which in February had predicted below normal runoff in southern Saskatchewan. Parts of northwest Saskatchewan, from...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The federal government says it will pursue negotiated settlements with residential school survivors whose claims of student-on-student abuse were previously dismissed or under-compensated. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the action could help...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Wanuskewin and SIGA have been nominated for the Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence for 2017. SIGA’s Gold Eagle Casino is nominated for the Service Excellence Award and the organization itself has been nominated for Tourism Employer of the Year and...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Elders with the LLRIB travelled to Nova Scotia last week as a part of the Strengthening and Revitalizing Indigenous Language and Culture Conference, which was hosted by the Indigenous Leadership and Development Institute. Twenty-six communities met for a gathering,...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2018 | Current News
Two people are dead following a house fire on Onion Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say a fire broke out at a home in the community this past Saturday evening at around 8:17 pm. Emergency crews responded to the fired, but were not able to fully extinguish the blaze until the...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The recent cases of Tina Fontaine and Colten Boushie have led many to question how the Canadian Justice System represents Indigenous victims and offenders. A circle discussion at the University of Saskatchewan on Monday afternoon brought together three Indigenous...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
A new RCMP commissioner has been selected following a series of interviews with a committee, including Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief, Tammy Cook-Searson. Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that Brenda Lucki will serve as the new commissioner when he visited...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
It has been an unprecedented reaction from Saskatoon police in response to several drug overdoses in the city over the weekend. Police say on Saturday alone, they responded to six calls of people experiencing an overdose. Two of these individuals died, while four...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Officials with Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation are celebrating that they no longer being co-managed by Indigenous Affairs. “We’ve actually been in co-management for just over a decade I believe,” said Chief Roy Petit. “Now, we’re...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Aboriginal unemployment rate in Saskatchewan saw a slight decrease from a year ago. The February jobless numbers were recently released by Statistics Canada and they put overall Aboriginal unemployment numbers at 14.5 percent. The same month last year had the rate...
