by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
After four years, a police officer recruitment fund has come to and end. The program was funded by the federal government and had a budget of $400 million. Its goal was to hire 2,500 more police officers across Canada. The Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers is...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
The STARS air ambulance service began running night missions out of its Saskatoon base today. STARS had been previously operating 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. out of the city but this will now be bumped up to around the clock service. Kelly Brossart, an official with STARS, says...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
After nine years, the Bob Beatty era has come to an end with the La Ronge Ice Wolves. Just days after the Junior A hockey club was eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in four years, Beatty is stepping down as head coach and director of hockey...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013 | Current News
There’s a new Aboriginal Affairs minister in Ottawa and the Indigenous leadership in Saskatchewan is eager to get to work on pressing issues with him. Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed veteran New Brunswick MP Bernard Valcourt to his new portfolio this morning...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013 | Current News
Concerns and comments about a proposed storage facility for nuclear waste in northern Saskatchewan were raised today at a meeting in Prince Albert. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and Nuclear Waste Management Organization hosted the information session...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013 | Current News
Several Saskatchewan Aboriginal leaders met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Saskatoon on Thursday. One of those leaders was Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Executive Director Neil Sasakamoose. He says Harper and his aides want to know how to make First Nations...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013 | Current News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Saskatoon for a number of functions yesterday and one of them was an economic consultation with a group of First Nations leaders. The Prime Minister met with Acting SIIT President Ray Ahenakew, Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013 | Current News
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating an Aboriginal Regina man who has not been seen since June of last year. Fred Kakakaway was last seen around 6 a.m. on June 14th in the 900-block area of Robinson Street. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013 | Current News
A new report says police are failing to properly address the problem of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. The report, called Those Who Take Us Away, is published by Human Rights Watch and looks specifically at what it says are police failures to properly protect...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013 | Current News
The first major wild fur auction of the season is underway in Toronto and there are expectations the return for pelts will be even higher than last year’s strong showing. Saskatchewan Environment tracks annually the number of pelts marketed by Saskatchewan trappers...
