by MBC News | Oct 21, 2015
An awareness campaign for HIV and AIDs testing in Northern Saskatchewan is now underway. The campaign draws on a startling statistic: one out of every four people with HIV in Saskatchewan don’t know they have it. Dr. James Irvine, Medical Health Officer for the...
by MBC News | Oct 21, 2015
EDITOR’s NOTE: We previously stated only two NDP MPs were elected in Saskatchewan. There are, in fact, three. We regret the error. Northern Saskatchewan leaders are weighing in on having an NDP MP elected, when much of the nation is now a sea of red. On Monday...
by MBC News | Oct 21, 2015
A new northern MP means the advocacy group for northern Saskatchewan municipalities will need a new chairperson. Georgina Jolibois is currently New North’s chairperson for the western region. CEO Al Loke says Jolibiois will have to step down now that she’s been...
by MBC News | Oct 21, 2015
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says its goal to “close the gap” this election was about attitudes, not money. Chief Perry Bellegarde was referring to the billions of dollars it will cost to address the huge economic disparity facing Canada’s First...
by MBC News | Oct 21, 2015
A 24-year-old man is facing nearly a dozen charges after a police-involved shooting on the Red Earth First Nation. The incident happened Saturday evening when Carrot River RCMP were called to an assault at a home on the reserve. Police say when officers arrived, a man...
by MBC News | Oct 21, 2015
The provincial NDP is calling northern suicide rates an epidemic. Recent statistics have stated three-and-a-half times more people commit suicide in the Keewatin Yatthe Health Region than in the rest of the province. In Legislature’s Question Period on Tuesday,...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2015
Delores Pahtayken is seeking a court injunction to stop the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations upcoming candidate nomination meeting until her case can be heard in Federal Court. Pahtayken wants the court to rule in favour of her candidacy for third vice-chief...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2015
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says a lot was accomplished working with the Harper government, but that he is prepared to work with the new Liberal government of Justin Trudeau. Wall said he congratulated Trudeau on Tuesday morning, and the two leaders talked about...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2015
Photo courtesy Facebook, Ralph Goodale. Saskatchewan’s lone liberal MP is now part of a team that has made significant and expensive promises to Canada’s aboriginal population. There was lots of cheering and lots of people crammed into the campaign headquarters in...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2015
Desnethe-Missinippi Churchill river was predicted as a riding to watch this election and it delivered. The winner wasn’t clear until the very last poll came out after midnight. NDP candidate Georgina Jolibois took the northern Saskatchewan riding with a slim...
