by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
Frustrated First Nations chiefs pushed for better housing conditions before a parliamentary committee today. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is hearing from housing officials and reserve residents about what can be done to fix the situation. Glen...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
Despite declining interest in recent years, wild rice crop insurance is being offered again in 2014. Premiums are similar to last year with producers north of La Ronge paying the highest premiums yet again. Colleen Rooney, a research analyst with Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
A proposed plan to sell Casino Regina and Casino Moose Jaw to the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has apparently been put on the shelf, at least for now. This morning, Opposition issued a news release saying a secret deal to sell the two casinos had been made...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band councillor in Grandmother’s Bay says you can’t put a price on bringing closure to the family of a missing person. That’s why Leon Charles says his community was willing to spend over $100,000 to buy a remote underwater vehicle that...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
The CEO for Cameco says the company is positioning itself to weather the current economic storm. Tim Gitzel made the comments during a conference call following the release of the company’s year-end and fourth quarter results. Gitzel says fewer long-term contracts,...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
A new partnership between the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and the University of Saskatchewan will make it is easier for SIIT business grads to obtain a bachelor of commerce degree. Starting this fall, the U of S will recognize an SIIT business...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
It’s one year later and the Idle No More movement continues to earn recognition. For its work in bringing Indigenous issues to the forefront, Idle No More was given a global citizen award in Saskatoon this weekend. Sheelah McLean, one of Idle No More’s founders,...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2014
The body of a Grandmother’s Bay man who fell through the ice on his snowmobile back in November has been finally recovered. RCMP say that local volunteers found the body of 66-year-old Solomon Roberts in Otter Lake, near Grandmother’s Bay, at around 10:20...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2014
The federal government has announced a major revamp of First Nations education. Today on the Blood Reserve in Alberta, Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to reform the Kingergarten to Grade 12 system on reserves through the First Nations Control of First Nations...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2014
The National Association of Friendship Centres is heralding a new day in its history. Ottawa has announced it will inject $43 million into the organization over the next two years. The money is earmarked for the government’s new Urban Aboriginal Strategy, an...
