by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013
A good snow pack across the province’s north this year has officials with Saskatchewan Environment preparing for an average forest fire season. Curtis Lee is the Director of Wildfire Management Operations, based in Prince Albert. Lee says arrangements are once...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013
A freelance writer says a number of unsuspecting residential school survivors are being duped by unscrupulous lawyers. Frank Busch writes for the online publication Troy Media and he says some lawyers are taking advantage of loopholes in the residential schools...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013
Indigenous leaders from across Canada wrapped up a two-day treaty forum in Saskatoon yesterday. The meeting was co-hosted by the Assembly of First Nations and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. FSIN Chief Perry Bellegarde says Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox says his band has no intention of following the Harper government’s controversial First Nations Financial Transparency Act. Bill C-27 passed into law Wednesday and enables the government to withhold funding if a band fails to...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
Golden Band Resources is shutting down activity at its Komis deposit. The company says a lack of readily available mill feed is one of the main reasons behind the move. According to a press release, delays in obtaining sufficient grade and tonnes for the mill feed are...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
The George Gordon First Nation has become the latest Saskatchewan band to sign onto the First Nations Land Management Regime. A total of 69 First Nations have now joined the program. The regime allows bands to opt out of 34 sections of the Indian Act in a bid to get...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
Singer, songwriter and political activist Buffy Sainte-Marie entertained a crowd of more than 300 people at the First Nations University of Canada’s Regina campus last night. She was there to talk about the lost identity of North America’s Indigenous people. Her...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
The province’s Ministry of Environment has signed an agreement to have 2.3 million tree seedlings grown and stored at a nursery north of Prince Albert. The young trees will be planted next year in areas not covered by current licence agreements with forest...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
Questions have been raised recently (in a CBC report) about people on-reserve being charged taxes which don’t apply to them. SaskTel spokesperson Tara Tibeau says to be exempt from PST and GST, you must be a status Indian located on a reserve. She adds lots of...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2013
Conservative MPs from Saskatchewan lined up to protest some proposed changes to the province’s electoral boundaries today. Speaking before a senate hearing this morning, many said the plan would water down the strong agricultural voice the province has enjoyed...
