by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
Liberal and Conservative senators continued to spar in committee in Ottawa on Wednesday night over an act that will make it mandatory for all First Nations bands to post their financial information online. Liberal Senator Lillian Dyck put forward a motion to withhold...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
A new book chronicling elder accounts of the history of the Kawacatoose First Nation was launched Thursday in Saskatoon. Meskanawiyiniwak Volume One and Two is a group of about 25 interviews with elders in the community on their recollections of family, education,...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
A high-speed chase in Western Saskatchewan and parts of Alberta has resulted in a man being put behind bars. Mounties say it was on Monday that they spotted their suspect, who was wanted on 21 outstanding warrants, while he was behind the wheel on the Onion Lake...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
A northern Saskatchewan MP says proposed boundary changes would put too many First Nations people in his constituency. Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River Conservative MP Rob Clarke says in a letter to a parliamentary committee the proposed boundary changes would...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
The chief of the Standing Buffalo First Nation has been named the winner of an annual waste award known as the Teddy. It is given out every year by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation that singles out an agency or individual for wasting tax dollars. The federation says...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
A Regina-based lawyer says a lawsuit could soon be launched to recover monies owed to Métis people. Tony Merchant explains a recent federal court decision has opened the door for such a move. Earlier this year, a court ruled that Métis people and non-status Indians...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
The Thunderchild First Nation is appealing to the public for toothbrushes, canned meals, clothing and other goods to help 17 families left homeless by a fire. On Monday afternoon, flames swept through a dormitory that was being used by the residents. Aaron Ledoux is a...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says the Idle No More movement has provided an opportunity for all marginalized people to participate – including Indigenous women. Alex Wilson, who is the director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre, was one of the...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal peoples need to rekindle the type of relationship they once had during the fur trade. Jim Miller teaches history at the U of S and he says what was once a partnership between the two groups...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2013
The University of Saskatchewan is trumpeting its latest enrolment numbers. David Hannah, the associate vice-president of student affairs, says this marks the fifth consecutive year that enrollment has increased during the winter. The school says 8.5 per cent of its...
