by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
On Wednesday, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde told a crowd of aboriginal youths they will play a key role in helping to “close the gap” in the quality of life between aboriginals and non-aboriginals. Bellegarde spoke to the FSIN Youth...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
Cameco and Areva’s official opening of their Cigar Lake and McClean Lake uranium production sites was more than a decade in the making. The celebrations comes after more than a year of ore production, and approximately a decade of construction fraught with...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
At least three former First Nation Chiefs are gunning for the Office of the Second Vice-Chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. There could be more candidates announcing as the deadline to file candidate papers is still days away. The office became...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
Young First Nation leaders in Saskatchewan are opening up dialogue with First Nation leaders this week. The 2015 FSIN Youth Legislative Assembly is underway at TCU Place in Saskatoon. Youth delegates from First Nation communities across the province have been given...
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2015
Instead of heading to trial for a Pelican Narrow’s man death in September of 2014, the accused entered his pleas and received his sentence. Adam Terrance Sewap had been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 29-year-old man. At the time, Pelican Narrows...
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2015
Non-aboriginal people have a chance to try traditional First Nations dishes this week in Prince Albert. Each day at Prince Albert Grand Council’s Culture Fest will focus on a different First Nation, and on Tuesday those were the Plains Cree and Dakota nations....
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2015
Buffy Sainte-Marie has won this year’s $50,000 Polaris Music Prize. A jury of 11 music critics, bloggers and broadcasters named the album “Power in the Blood” the best Canadian record of the last year. The folk icon beat out nine other finalists for...
by MBC News | Sep 22, 2015
There will be a new chief for a national aboriginal organization come Friday, and chances are good the chief will be from Saskatchewan. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is holding an election to replace Chief Betty Anne Lavallée, who is stepping down. The CAP...
by MBC News | Sep 21, 2015
The new face on staff for Prince Albert Police Service emphasizes cultural respect for aboriginal people. Montreal Lake Cree Nation’s Julie Naytowhow is their new aboriginal resource officer. Her job focuses on helping victims of crime and traumatic events....
by MBC News | Sep 21, 2015
The chief of the Buffalo River Dene Nation has been handed a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay a 100-dollar surcharge for assault. Chief Eileen Morrison was scheduled to appear in provincial court in Dillon last week facing four charges. Morrison...
