by MBC News | Dec 18, 2014 | Current News
The Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan is speaking out against racial profiling following a complaint by a Regina resident. Last week, Simon Ash-Moccasin filed a complaint against Regina police for an incident where he believes he was profiled. Ash-Moccasin...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2014 | Current News
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says Saskatchewan rates fairly well when it comes to research into protecting woodland caribou populations. The society has released its second annual national report on the issue, and gave our province a “C”...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2014 | Current News
A heat-of-the-moment comment made in the Senate is now the subject of an apology from Saskatchewan Liberal Senator Lillian Dyck. During debate on a private member’s bill to reform, repeal and replace the Indian Act, she accused the author of that bill,...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2014 | Current News
The Assembly of First Nations is welcoming an extended deadline for residential school survivors to receive education credits. On Wednesday, the federal government extended the deadline for the Indian Residential Schools Personal Credits for Education program....
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2014 | Current News
Douglas Hales’ lawyer says his client will appeal his murder conviction in the death of Daleen Bosse. Hales was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 15 years at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2014 | Current News
One of Canada’s oldest and most outdated pieces of legislation will be reformed, repealed and replaced. The Indian Act became the law of the land in 1876. Last night, a private member’s bill from Northern Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke received Royal Assent,...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2014 | Current News
A warmer than usual fall is creating less than ideal conditions for Saskatchewan trappers this season. Leonard Hardlotte is with the lands and resources branch of the Prince Albert Grand Council. He says the warm conditions mean trappers are unable to go into a number...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2014 | Current News
Parkland College in Yorkton is the most recent school in Saskatchewan to sign the Indigenous Education Protocol. The protocol is a new initiative by Colleges and Institutes Canada to reaffirm the importance of Indigenous education. The college officially signed the...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2014 | Current News
Regina’s mayor, Michael Fougere, called it a priority last summer, but he is not making much progress. The goal was to hire more Aboriginal employees, but the numbers are no better than they were about a year ago. “It’s not good enough. We have to do...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2014 | Current News
Carol Bernard has been re-elected chief in a close race in Waterhen Lake First Nation. Bernard edged out her next closest challenger, Ableheza Ernest, 186 votes to 167 in band elections yesterday. Blaine Fiddler, Brenda Fiddler, Delphine Vincent and Dennis Martell are...
