by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
Saskatchewan Métis filmmaker Danis Goulet made history Thursday night at the Toronto International Film Festival. Danis’ feature, Wakening, is the first independently produced short film to open the festival. Wakening will debuted prior to the opening film, The Fifth...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
The Saskatoon Food Bank’s milk program got a big boost Thursday afternoon from Cameco in the form of a $30,000 donation. September is “milk month” at the food bank and the mining company’s hefty donation will help ensure children, pregnant and nursing women will...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
A former chief of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan has forced a by-election on the reserve. Louis Taypotat, 75, was excluded from running in the 2011 election because he did not have a Grade 12 education. He challenged the rules, initially...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation of Manitoba has signed a new self-government agreement which will allow the band greater control over economic development, land management and education. The agreement, the first of its kind on the Prairies, was signed late last week...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
Charges have been laid against two people after a fatal weekend hunting accident in southern Saskatchewan. RCMP say the incident on the Star Blanket First Nation happened on Sunday evening. Investigators say a 32-year-old man was shot and killed after being mistaken...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
The lawyer heading up a class action lawsuit on behalf of former students of the Timber Bay Children’s Home says a recent decision against the Lac La Ronge Indian band won’t affect his case. Tony Merchant was commenting on the Court of Queen’s Bench...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
Ted Fontaine knows there are years he can never get back. These are the years he spent suffering psychological and sexual abuse while attending Indian residential schools in Manitoba and those spent trying to make sense of what had happened in the aftermath. Fontaine,...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2013
After three days, the Woodland Cree Gathering wraps up this afternoon. The annual event is an informal gathering for members of the Montreal Lake, Peter Ballantyne and Lac La Ronge Indian bands. Elmer Ballantyne, who handles public relations for the gathering, says...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2013
Officials with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are expressing disappointment after a judge turned down efforts to have the Timber Bay school included in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Justice Neil Gabrielson handed down his decision yesterday. A...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2013
The Town of La Ronge has formally reached an agreement with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band over the formation of an urban reserve. Last month, the federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs signed the necessary documents to declare the land an urban reserve. In March 2011,...
