by MBC News | Jun 25, 2012 | Current News
The chief of the Saskatoon Police Service says he is glad he got to attend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s national event in Saskatoon. Clive Weighill took time out yesterday to talk to survivors and the commission about some of the changes his police...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2012 | Current News
Officials from the University of Saskatchewan and Northlands College were in Air Ronge this morning to demonstrate some new equipment. The Remote Presence technology will allow nursing students to interact with instructors and mentors in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2012 | Current News
The Yellow Quill First Nation is taking a trip down the information highway. The band is partnering up with ISM Canada to provide laptops to its students. Thirty units will be sent to the First Nation this fall. Band spokesperson Leila Nashacappo says they are hoping...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2012 | Current News
A new facility for the Boys and Girls Club in the Battlefords could soon be named after the Battlefords Tribal Council. BTC has paid $250,000 to get the naming rights for the $1.4-million building. The club, which serves an average of 102 kids a day, provides a safe...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2012 | Current News
A 32-year-old Regina man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. Shortly before 9 a.m. yesterday, police received a call about a possibly dead child at a house in the 600 block of Garnet Street. The child, identified...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2012 | Current News
There was a moving presentation at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission national event in Saskatoon this morning. The Quewezance family talked about how five generations of their family were devastated by the residential school experience. Children from the family...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2012 | Current News
The head of the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism says Canada’s Aboriginal people have much to be proud of and much to celebrate — but he says there is still too much tragedy, shame, and marginalization of First Nations people. Bob Hughes used the...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2012 | Current News
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says it’s been an incredible three years in office. Shawn Atleo is on the campaign trail today as he prepares to defend his position from seven challengers in next month’s AFN election. Atleo says he has...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2012 | Current News
A Saskatoon professor says she thinks it’s time remote communities explore the possibility of growing their own fruit and vegetables. Dr. Karen Tanino is pitching the idea of constructing pre-fabricated greenhouses throughout Saskatchewan’s north. An...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2012 | Current News
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan will partner with Aboriginal leaders to explore the power of culture to heal addictions. A team has been awarded $1.2 million to examine the practice of traditional First Nations culture as a healing force within...
