by MBC News | Apr 19, 2018
A survivor of the Sixties Scoop says she was glad she could share her story with government officials. Members of the Sixty Scoop Indigenous Survivors of Saskatchewan Group were in Regina earlier this week. They were in the city to meet with provincial officials and...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2018
A northern Saskatchewan MP says the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has failed to live up to its promise to conduct three community hearings in the north. Georgina Jolibois says there was a commitment from the inquiry to hold...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2018
UPDATE: Defensive lineman Zack Evans of the Roughriders will also be attending. Three more members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have been confirmed to attend the Northern Football Jamboree in La Ronge next month. Naaman Roosevelt, Willie Jefferson and Ed Gainey are...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2018
Premier Scott Moe’s government does not believe it needs to consult Indigenous groups prior to tabling retaliatory legislation in response to British Columbia halting construction on the federally approved Trans Mountain Pipeline project. Moe who says the legislation...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2018
A Métis leader in northwest Saskatchewan is calling on the provincial government to implement a moratorium on forestry in the area until issues with consultation and caribou habitat can be resolved. Vince Natomagan, the executive director at Kineepik Metis Local Inc.,...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2018
Shellbrook RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing man. Police say 32-year-old Elvis Gilbert Bird from Big River First Nation was last seen in the village area of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation last Friday around 1:00 p.m. Bird is an Indigenous male,...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2018
The Take Home Naloxone program is expanding to provide residents who may witness an overdose with the free — potentially life-saving antidote. Naloxone, if administered properly, can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The most common opioid killing...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2018
Can La Loche defend its dubious title of having Saskatchewan’s worst road? The Canadian Automobile Association is conducting its annual online survey until May 6, asking the public to nominate what they consider to be a bad road. Last year, Highway 155 took the title,...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2018
Hundreds of volunteers will be working throughout the province’s three biggest cities today counting the number of people experiencing homelessness. The Point-in-Time Homelessness Count is one-day data collection conducted every few years to provide a snapshot...
by MBC News | Apr 17, 2018
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says the Saskatchewan government has a duty to consult First Nations, in drafting legislation which would limit the export of oil and gas products to British Columbia. Premier Scott Moe says legislation restricting export...
