by MBC News | Sep 11, 2015
The First Nations University of Canada is making a full effort to fill its half-empty Regina campus. Total enrolment at all FNUniv’s campuses is about 850 registered students, a 20 per cent jump from last year. Despite the increase, the university is still struggling...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2015
It was a very beautiful and humbling evening for First Nation women from across Saskatchewan. On Thursday night in Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan First Nations Women’s Commission held the inaugural Strength of our Women awards. More than 50 women were nominated in 12...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2015
The University of Saskatchewan is launching a first-of-its-kind in North America master’s degree program focusing on water security issues. The course will help students develop the expertise to tackle complex issues about water availability and quality. Assistant...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2015
A judge has made a not guilty ruling for a Prince Albert police officer who was charged with assault after she pepper sprayed a man who’d been arrested last summer. Inmate Gabe Ross was about a foot away from Constable Susan Snell, and already lodged in a cell,...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2015
Officers who protect the environment have converged in the Saskatchewan resort community of Candle Lake. The Western Conservation Law Enforcement Academy began in 2007, when the western provinces and the Yukon teamed up to offer conservation officer training. This is...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2015
On Wednesday evening, about 100 people turned out to listen to a panel of First Nations people discuss their reasons to vote or not to vote in the upcoming federal election. The Saskatoon event was put on by Indigenous Vote Saskatchewan – an organization that...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2015
A security risk forced the evacuation of the SaskPower head office in downtown Regina Thursday morning. Hundreds of employees gathered on the street while dozens of police officers assessed the risk, which was apparently a bomb threat. However, when those employees...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2015
The University of Saskatchewan is partnering with the Arctic University of Norway to launch a northern governance and development master’s degree program. The announcement was made on Wednesday at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. U of S professor Ken...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2015
While search crews scoured the Sucker River area for a missing woman almost two years ago, her killer had already confessed to his crime. Ricky Jonathan Ross, 29, had told his brother he “bashed that girl’s head in,” according to the facts read out by the Crown...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2015
If you get a phone call asking you what you think about Regina police: it is not a crank call, it’s part of a survey. Police began the public perception surveys in 2011 to find out what areas they need to work on and how the public perceives them. The survey examines...
