by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
Police have identified human remains found on the Sakimay First Nation a year ago as those of an Aboriginal man originally from northern Ontario. After a lengthy investigation, RCMP says the remains have been confirmed as those of Robin Cocks, originally from Dalles...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt was in Saskatoon on Tuesday to announce the first on-reserve potash mine in Canada. The $3 billion project is a partnership between the Muskowekan First Nation and B.C.-based Encanto Resources and will be located on reserve...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
It looks like the courts are the only option for a new chief and council trying to gain control of the Standing Buffalo First Nation. Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada says it is not getting involved in the situation. Over the weekend, Roberta Soo OyWaste was...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan student says a lack of government funding means many First Nations young people are getting short-changed when it comes to getting an education on-reserve. Marylou Mintram is the president of the Indigenous Students’ Council and she grew...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013
Wanuskewin Heritage Park is up for two Saskatchewan tourism awards of excellence. The park is one of three finalists for the land of living skies award and the online marketing award. A new northern Saskatchewan fishing lodge is one of the other finalists in the...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
RCMP in Sandy Bay is investigating the freezing death of a 45 year-old woman. Details are sketchy but authorities say the woman’s body was discovered sometime Friday. The woman was found on the front porch of a home, not far from where she lived. Foul play is...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
A battle between two rival groups on the Standing Buffalo first nation turned ugly over the weekend. The dispute heated up when a new band council elected over the weekend tried to change the locks on the band office. Roberta Soo Oyewaste was elected as the band’s new...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
A three-week trial will begin this fall for a man accused of indecent assault of children at the Beauval Indian Residential School. Paul Leroux faces 17 charges. He was a former dormitory supervisor at the School from 1960 to 1967 and was charged after former students...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
Northern Saskatchewan municipalities are the big winners in a new revenue sharing pool with the province. Funding for northern municipalities will go up more than 18 per cent. Other municipalities will see a funding increase of an average of 11 per cent. Government...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013
A new survey says negative attitudes toward Aboriginals in Canada are increasing. According to a survey conducted earlier this year, negative attitudes toward Indigenous people are on the rise – particularly amongst English Canadians. However, the survey finds...
