by MBC News | Mar 21, 2013
Reaction continues to pour in from northern and Aboriginal stakeholders over Wednesday’s provincial budget – some bad and some good. Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger says he fears job cuts could be coming to northern Saskatchewan from what he sees in the budget....
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2013
The Standing Buffalo First Nation is taking steps to ensure a political confrontation between the chief and some residents on the reserve doesn’t spill over into the classroom. Chief Roger Redman confirms an incident that shut down the school last week sparked...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2013
The Prince Albert Grand Council is calling on the federal and provincial governments to help it re-open a healing lodge on the Wahpeton Dakota First Nation. The 25-bed facility was closed on recommendation by the provincial government last March amid security...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2013
Cameco vice-president Gary Merasty has been honoured by the Saskatchewan Business Magazine. The publication recently named the former chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council as one of the province’s top 10 influential people. Merasty says he’s honoured and much of...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
If you like to drink or smoke you will now be paying more for this indulgence in Saskatchewan. As of April 1, the cost of liquor will rise by about three per cent and the cost of a pack of cigarettes goes up a dollar at midnight. These were the only two tax hikes in...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
The Saskatchewan Party government is showing little interest in a resource revenue sharing agreement with First Nations. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations wants the province to open discussions on such a deal. The renewed call takes direct aim at the...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
Final legal arguments regarding compensation for former students of the Timber Bay Residential School will be heard later this spring in Saskatoon. Lawyers for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have raised two constitutional issues on why they believe the survivors should...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
The Saskatchewan government is pushing Ottawa to relax the rules surrounding foreign ownership of the province’s uranium companies. Energy and Resources Minister Tim McMillan says he has talked with his federal counterpart about the issue while the premier has also...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
Saskatchewan’s new NDP leader says declining Aboriginal job numbers in the province are a major concern but don’t expect him to be calling for changes to the immigrant nominee program anytime soon. In a recently released report on First Nations education and...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
The last time an Aboriginal Affairs minister came to Saskatchewan, not too many people were told about it. When officials tried to whisk John Duncan into a closed door meeting on education with a handful of First Nations leaders in Saskatoon last month, tempers flared...
