by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013
An Indigenous stop motion animated television series is being nominated for yet another award. Wapos Bay has already received four national awards and series producers Dennis and Melanie Jackson have been nominated for Best Writing in a Children’s Program by the...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says those who do not take the Idle No More movement seriously may want to think again. Ken Coates, who is a Canada Research Chair at the university, says the anti-Vietnam War movement was also not initially taken seriously but...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013
Just two weeks after the company’s CEO resigned, four people have stepped down from the company’s board of directors. Three more people have since been appointed. In late January, Golden Band hired Clarus Securities to help it analyze its financial position. No one...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013
The dean of the University of Saskatchewan’s college of nursing says she hopes a robot will one day be allowed to treat patients in Ile-a-la Crosse. Lorna Butler explains the robot in question is really a complex, body-shaped piece of equipment that can perform simple...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013
After four years, a police officer recruitment fund has come to and end. The program was funded by the federal government and had a budget of $400 million. Its goal was to hire 2,500 more police officers across Canada. The Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers is...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013
The STARS air ambulance service began running night missions out of its Saskatoon base today. STARS had been previously operating 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. out of the city but this will now be bumped up to around the clock service. Kelly Brossart, an official with STARS, says...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013
After nine years, the Bob Beatty era has come to an end with the La Ronge Ice Wolves. Just days after the Junior A hockey club was eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in four years, Beatty is stepping down as head coach and director of hockey...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013
There’s a new Aboriginal Affairs minister in Ottawa and the Indigenous leadership in Saskatchewan is eager to get to work on pressing issues with him. Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed veteran New Brunswick MP Bernard Valcourt to his new portfolio this morning...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013
Concerns and comments about a proposed storage facility for nuclear waste in northern Saskatchewan were raised today at a meeting in Prince Albert. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and Nuclear Waste Management Organization hosted the information session...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2013
Several Saskatchewan Aboriginal leaders met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Saskatoon on Thursday. One of those leaders was Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Executive Director Neil Sasakamoose. He says Harper and his aides want to know how to make First Nations...
