by MBC News | Apr 30, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
After going to court and winning multiple times for the release of financial documents of the Onion Lake Cree Nation, band member Charmaine Stick stood on the steps of the Regina courthouse Monday clutching a white binder of financial information. Stick says it was...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018 | Current News
Saskatchewan Environment has introduced changes for the coming wildfire season. It is one of the findings in an interim report put together by the Prince Albert Grand Council’s Wildfire Task Force. The task force was formed “to provide an independent review of...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018 | Current News
Cameco Corporation says it posted a profit for the first quarter of 2018. In financials released Friday, the uranium producer reported net earnings of $55 million to the end of March 31. This is compared to an $18 million loss a year ago. Cameco says lower costs, and...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018 | Current News
Two Saskatchewan Rush players were in La Loche Thursday, teaching students at three area schools there lacrosse. Mark Matthews and Jeremy Thompson were at the Clearwater River Dene School, Dene High, and Ducharme Elementary. While with the students, Matthews and...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018 | Current News
Two young Indigenous women are about to embark on a month-long walk from Saskatoon to Winnipeg to highlight what they say are recent injustices towards Indigenous people. Katryna Smith and Kayla Ironstar-Murray say they were inspired by the recent acquittals of the...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
New North is looking for families who use the rental income supplement program to share their stories on how the subsidy is helping lower their housing costs. The program will no longer be accepting new clients on June 30, as the provincial government is doing away...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Two new programs for Metis students have been announced by the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan. The initiatives involve the Gabriel Dumont Research Chair in Metis Studies and Gabriel Dumont graduate scholarships for Metis students. Both...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Key First Nation is going to the polls to elect a new chief and council. The election comes just over a month after a federal judge nullified the 2016 election results. “There is clear evidence of widespread and openly conducted vote buying activity,” said Federal...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation says the number of wild rice harvesters purchasing insurance this year has remained steady. Colleen Rooney, a research analyst with the SCIC, says interest in the program across the north has been fairly consistent over the...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Sage Roberts of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will hit the ice this weekend at the FSIN Youth Hockey Championships in Saskatoon. Roberts is no stranger to this particular tournament. Just like last year, the 12-year-old will play for the La Ronge 89ers in the peewee...
