by MBC News | Apr 4, 2019 | Current News
An accusation for a forced or coerced sterilization of an Indigenous woman at the Moose Jaw hospital is drawing sharp condemnation, but also a commitment to seriously investigate the matter. On Wednesday lawyer Alisa Lombard told a Senate Committee that her client...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2019 | Current News
A Saskatchewan media organization is reporting an interim report into the northern municipality of Pinehouse says the government should consider removing both the mayor and one of its councillors. An article published in Wednesday’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix quotes the...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Saskatoon is the site of the 11th annual Aboriginal Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend. Officials are expecting over 550 athletes to take part in the action. “That’s quite a bit more than we have had in any previous years, so that’s pretty exciting,”...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2019 | Current News
About 50 friends, family and community members attended a walk for Happy Charles and missing and murdered Indigenous women in La Ronge Wednesday. Happy Charles went missing on April 3, 2017 when she left her La Ronge home and headed to Prince Albert. The group met at...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Indigenous young people from across Canada will soon have a chance to have their voice heard on Parliament Hill. Youth Indigenize the Senate gives Indigenous young people the opportunity to testify before the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Rae-Anne Harper is...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2019 | Current News
Northern residents are petitioning the provincial government to make immediate repairs to Highway 102 north of La Ronge. The petition presented Tuesday by Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette seeks to repave from La Ronge to Sucker River. “Highway 102 north of La Ronge is...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2019 | Current News
A law firm says not only do Regina police have a lot to answer for in the events surrounding the death of Nadine Machiskinic, so does the local hotel where her body was found. The 29-year-old Indigenous woman was found at the bottom of a laundry chute in the Delta...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
The 19th installment of the Lawrence Weenie Cup Tomahockey tournament gets underway this weekend in North Battleford. Officials are expecting around 24 teams to take part in the action. “We have the senior rez rec. division – 12-team format, we have a masters division...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Cameco mining company released its technical report for its McArthur River uranium mine at the end of last month. After constantly low uranium prices, the mine was indefinitely closed at the beginning of 2018. “We had a pretty strong finish to 2018 that helped us...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2019 | Current News
The Opposition New Democrats are calling on the government to release the interim inspection report into the northern Village of Pinehouse. “We think people need to know what was in that interim report,” said NDP critic David Forbes. The Ministry of Government...
