by MBC News | Nov 7, 2019 | Current News
First Nations military veterans were remembered Thursday as part of a ceremony. Its estimated between 7000 and 12,000 First Nations members served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War, and an unknown number of Inuit, Métis and other Indigenous people...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2019 | Current News
Clem Chartier says he won’t seek re-election as Métis National Council president. First elected to the position in 2003, Chartier made the announcement in a letter to the general assembly on Wednesday. Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand will...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2019 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
A hockey company in Saskatchewan is assisting Indigenous hockey players. Om Hockey Systems has been working closely with Indigenous hockey players around the province for the last few seasons. “First Nations (players) are the most untapped resource in hockey,” said Ty...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2019 | Current News
The Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) and Great Plains College have formally committed to continue to work together to promote Indigenous-inclusive education. The OTC and the college are renewing a strategic alliance which is also a pledge to continue to teach...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2019 | Current News
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are getting set for their annual sportsman’s dinner next weekend. The event will feature former NHLers Jeff Odgers and Curtis Leschyshyn. Leschyshyn won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche and played over 1,000 games in the NHL with Quebec,...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2019 | Current News
The 2019 First Nations Language Keepers Gathering kicked off Wednesday morning in Saskatoon. The annual event is put on by the Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre. Keynote speakers Wednesday morning included Simon Bird who spoke on Cree education programs and...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2019 | Current News
MBC Radio is taking part in this year’s Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon. Our evening announcer Ken Landers is joined by our Cree broadcaster Abel Charles and Dene broadcaster Terrie Bekattla on-site at the new children’s hospital in Saskatoon. The two-day...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2019 | Current News
Pinehouse Lake RCMP are searching for three male inmates who escaped lawful custody at the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp on Monday or Tuesday. RCMP say they believe the inmates are together and are going to Dillon or Île-à-la-Crosse. Jesse Chanalquay, Brent Mosquito...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2019 | Current News
Northern families who have lost loved ones to suicide were in Regina Tuesday as the NDP re-introduced a bill calling on the government to create a suicide prevention strategy. Sally Ratt, lost her 12-year-old daughter Ariana to suicide, and Linda Roberts, 14-year-old...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2019 | Current News
“I think they should have given him more than they actually gave him,” said Charlene Klyne, upon hearing the Court of Appeal dismiss an appeal of the La Loche shooter to have his sentence changed. Klyne was one of seven people injured and four dead when the shooter...
