by MBC News | Aug 1, 2014
Yvonne Boyer says there is a direct relation between the health of Indigenous people and the legal system that they live under. The Brandon University professor has written a new book, Moving Aboriginal Health Forward: Discarding Canada’s Legal Barriers, which...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2014
The public is invited to view a display in Prince Albert which was created by the Northern Indigenous Photo-Voice Project. Summer student Aleyna May Morin and artist Tim Moore visited Sucker River in June and the project involved local youth and elders from the...
by MBC News | Jul 31, 2014
Second quarter financial results are in and it appears to be a pretty good year so far for Cameco. For the six months ending June 30, the Saskatchewan uranium mining company recorded a gain of six per cent in revenue, an increase of 25 per cent in gross profit and a...
by MBC News | Jul 31, 2014
A decision has yet to be made on whether charges will be laid in an incident that has critically injured a three-year-old girl on the Mosquito First Nation. The child was struck by a vehicle on a residential property on the reserve at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. She was...
by MBC News | Jul 31, 2014
Only a handful of Saskatchewan First Nations have their financial statements posted on the federal government’s website in spite of a new law requiring them to do so. The requirements are part of the Harper government’s First Nations Financial Transparency...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2014
About 100 protesters gathered across the street from the site of Stephen Harper’s announcement in Air Ronge today. Many were carrying signs and wore T-shirts with anti-Harper slogans — while others were singing and beating drums. Organizer Kirstin Scanson...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2014
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in northern Saskatchewan today to announce millions in federal funds for a new mining school. The $2.5-million investment from Ottawa will help Northlands College establish the school, purchase heavy equipment simulators and build a...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2014
When the Prime Minister visits the La Ronge area later today, he will quite likely hear the sounds of an Indigenous drumming circle. It is part of a protest timed to coincide with Stephen Harper’s first visit to northern Saskatchewan as Prime Minister. Harper...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2014
A Muskoday First Nation man faces four new charges after an 11-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle on Saturday night. The boy was riding a bike near the Muskoday bridge on Hwy 3 when he was hit by the vehicle a little after 7 p.m. He later succumbed to his...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2014
Several young people have been arrested in relation to the trashing of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation’s hockey arena Monday. Mounties say they have identified a total of 17 adults and youths responsible for the crime and all of them are from the Montreal Lake reserve....
