by MBC News | May 28, 2013 | Current News
A familiar voice to MBC listeners is one of this year’s winners of the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes. Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway author and journalist. He also does the “One Native Life” series which airs weekly on MBC. Canada Council Director and CEO...
by MBC News | May 27, 2013 | Current News
An official with the Prince Albert Grand Council is being singled out for some high praise. Richard Kent, the emergency services commissioner for the PAGC, is being awarded the Saskatchewan Protective Services Medal. The honour is given to individuals with a long...
by MBC News | May 27, 2013 | Current News
It appears the provincial government will continue to act as a go between for First Nations trying to get money for disaster assistance. The File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council recently issued a call for the responsibility to be turned over to the Federal government....
by MBC News | May 27, 2013 | Current News
A handful of protesters, many of who were First Nations, marched through the streets of Prince Albert on Saturday. They carried signs objecting to the use of genetically modified foods. Tammy St. Denis of the Muskoday First Nation is one of the people who marched in...
by MBC News | May 24, 2013 | Current News
A man from the Muskoday First Nation has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter death of another man on the reserve. Cody Walker was one of two men charged with the killing of 36 year-old Ricky Bear. Bear was fatally assaulted in a remote area near Prince Albert back in...
by MBC News | May 24, 2013 | Current News
The Aboriginal Affairs department is under fire after it ran out of money during Treaty Days on the Red Pheasant First Nation. A resident says he and other members had lined up for their $5 payment when word came down that the government reps had run out of money. Reg...
by MBC News | May 24, 2013 | Current News
The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band says First Nations students are getting a second rate education because of inadequate federal funding. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson took part in a panel discussion today at a national summit on aboriginal post-secondary education....
by MBC News | May 24, 2013 | Current News
The Metis Nation of Saskatchewan is holding its State of the Nation and Citizenship meeting this weekend. The Travelodge Hotel in Saskatoon is the site of the two-day affair. It all begins tonight with a genealogy workshop and presentation on lands and water...
by MBC News | May 24, 2013 | Current News
A First Nations election has caught the attention of Northern Saskatchewan’s MP. Rob Clarke issued a press release yesterday calling for the chief and council at the Ahtahkakoop First Nation to work with the membership to address some apparent concerns. Clarke...
by MBC News | May 24, 2013 | Current News
A B.C lawyer says she hopes a recent settlement between the Federal government and a Saskatchewan woman signals the end of administrative segregation. Raji Mangat works for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. She says administrative segregation is reserved for...
