by MBC News | Apr 12, 2013
A new national research network plans to tackle the problems of addictions, food security and urban planning within Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan cities. The Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network is a partnership between academics, Aboriginal organizations and...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2013
Northern Saskatchewan’s uranium industry is the focus of a new report. Intergroup Consultants in Winnipeg crunched data in an effort to gauge the socio-economic impacts of uranium mining in the modern era. The report found that while the number of northerners directly...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2013
Three young offenders from the Piapot First Nation have been charged in relation to ten of thousands of dollars worth of vandalism damage committed on the reserve over the last few months. Between March and April, computers were destroyed, windows smashed and a van...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
The body of a missing man from the Onion Lake Cree Nation has been discovered. Forty-two-year-old Rodney Cannepotato hadn’t been seen by family members for several days. He had just gotten home from hospital, due to complications from his epilepsy, when he...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
A 26-year-old woman from the Wahpeton Dakota First Nation has been charged with first-degree murder in relation to a vehicular death on the reserve Wednesday morning. Valerie Standing also faces one count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle in the incident, which...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
She is the lord of her ring and on Thursday she shared her message of inspiration and determination with about 100 Aboriginal children from Regina and nearby First Nations. Mary Spencer, from the Nawash First Nation in Ontario, is an Olympic boxer, a three-time world...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
Two more Saskatchewan First Nations now have SaskTel’s High Speed Internet Service. The expansion to the Poundmaker and Sweetgrass reserves is part of an initiative first announced in 2010. That was the year SaskTel pledged to provide High Speed Internet service...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
Saskatchewan’s Métis economic development arm has signed a new funding agreement with the federal government enabling it to provide grants to businesses trying to get their feet off the ground. SaskMétis Economic Development Corporation announced yesterday it has...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2013
Saskatchewan’s Energy and Resources minister is applauding the province’s new online mineral-staking registry. Yesterday, the province announced it has received 522 new claims under the computerized registry since it was rolled out in December. The 1.46...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2013
The University of Saskatchewan’s new president says engaging more Aboriginal students is critical to the future of the institution and the province.Ilene Busch-Vishniac gave her first state of the university address this afternoon.The U of S president says the...
