by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce kicked off a visit to northern communities Monday morning starting with a meeting in Buffalo Narrows. Sixteen business and government representatives are part of the Northern Business Task Force. The goal is to gather information...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014
The University of Saskatchewan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indigenous recording artist Buffy Sainte-Marie to increase the incorporation of Aboriginal perspectives in the science curriculum. The MOU between the U of S and Sainte Marie’s Nihewin...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014
A Saskatchewan business development corporation is doing its part to show the north is a good place to invest. Pinehouse Business North Developments CEO Julie Wriston recently returned from a Canadian trade mission to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Wriston says one of PBN’s...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014
Greg McLaren and Phil Ormrod are trying to find out as much as they can about northern Saskatchewan’s Uranium City for a forthcoming British theatre production on the global nuclear power industry. The two are currently talking to people around the world who have...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2014
A judge has ruled two meetings held by the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan secretariat last year were illegal. In his ruling, Justice Keene says the only body that has the authority to call meetings under the MNS constitution is the Provincial Métis Council. President...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2014
A number of First Nations are voicing their displeasure with what they say is the unfair way the Harper government is conducting funding agreements. Nine leaders from Aboriginal communities held a press conference in Saskatoon Friday morning to say they won’t be...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2014
A 19-year-old man from the Saulteaux First Nation who is facing a murder charge has been released from custody. Taryn Lee Cote was charged with second-degree murder following the death of 24-year-old Bryan Darnell Blackstar. On February 2, police were called to the...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2014
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde says the new provincial budget makes small steps toward addressing the challenges of Indigenous people when what is needed is a giant leap forward. The new budget increases the amount targeted toward...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2014
The First Nations University of Canada’s Saskatoon campus is making moves to cut a $740,000 deficit and not everyone is happy about the changes. To cut costs, the institution is freezing enrolment in the Indigenous Social Work program and moving the campus from...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2014
History was made in a Regina hotel this morning when the Kawacatoose First Nation, north of Regina, became the first reserve in Canada to take full control of its land and resource money. It is being called a step away from the Indian Act and a major leap towards...
