by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
Saskatchewan will follow in the footsteps of Manitoba issuing an apology to thousands of Indigenous children placed up for adoption in the 1960s – a practice nicknamed the 60’s Scoop. Premier Brad Wall says the province will make the apology sometime in...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
The chief of one of the largest First Nations in Canada can’t believe the Assembly of First Nations has not taken decisive action to eliminate an apparent conflict of interest involving its national chief. Perry Bellegarde hired his long-time partner, Valerie...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
One of the province’s water bombers is out of commission. It’s because the CL-215t air tanker struck something in the water on a La Ronge-area lake during a training flight on June 13. Wildfire Management executive director Steve Roberts says the underside...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
A 25-year-old man convicted of manslaughter in the death of a man from the Black Lake First Nation has been sentenced to over seven years in prison. In September 2013, Davis Broussie was stabbed in a parking lot in Prince Albert and later died in hospital. Charles...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
It’s a first for a First Nation in Saskatchewan. The Little Black Bear First Nation recently opened the first Aboriginal owned Tim Hortons franchise in the province. It is part of a Petro-Canada located in the Qu’Appelle Valley, about 70 km northeast of Regina just...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
It has been business as usual at the recycling depot in La Ronge this week despite a fire at the facility on the morning of June 15. The manager, Nisar Ghani, says three suspects allegedly jumped the fence and set fires in two of the bins. Ghani posted pictures of the...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
Several northern Saskatchewan communities and projects will reap the benefits of over $7 million dollars in funding announced by the Community Initiatives Fund. This morning, the CIF announced the approval of 502 different grants for projects across the province....
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
A national committee for Aboriginal peoples is calling on the federal government to remove the two percent cap on increases in funding for on-reserve programs. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples tabled their report today and included with it thirteen...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
Wildfire Management officials say some large fires in the La Ronge area have kicked up again — but do not pose a smoke or fire threat to communities. Wildfire Management executive director Steve Roberts says the Egg and Sucker Fires are among four fires in the...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
Justice Murray Sinclair told a crowd of human rights workers Canadians need to be re-educated about the settler – First Nations relationship in the country. The head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says Canadians have been mis-educated about Indian...
