by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016 | Current News
The president of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan says rather than try to save money by privatizing food services at correctional centres, the justice department should do a major overhaul of the remand system. Kim Beaudin says far too many people are...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016 | Current News
The federal Liberal budget contains billions in new spending for aboriginal programming, including money to address issues including education, boil water advisories and child and family services. The spending commitments are considered one of the central themes of...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016 | Current News
The Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is calling on aboriginal voters to make their presence felt in a big way in the upcoming provincial election. Chief Felix Thomas says the Tribal council is working hard to get aboriginal voters to the ballot box on April 4 by...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2016 | Current News
Cameco is making one last push to get northern Saskatchewan women to apply for the Touchdown for Dreams program. The program is a partnership with the Roughriders that grants seven to 10 wishes each year to women with a life-threatening cancer diagnosis. Jonathan...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2016 | Current News
An appeal of sorts has been filed in one of the harshest penalties ever handed down for second-degree murder in the province. Tammy Lynn Goforth was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 17 years for the starvation death of a four-year-old...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2016 | Current News
The Merchant law group is in a Quebec court this week asking for compensation for treaty women who lost their status when they married a non-status man. The federal government changed the law in 2011 with Bill C-3, so women could maintain their treaty status when...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016 | Current News
Destiny Bird. Photo courtesy Shellbrook RCMP The RCMP is asking for help finding a 14-year-old girl from Ahtahkakoop First Nation who hasn’t been seen since she left her grandmother’s place on Sunday. Shellbrook RCMP reports Destiny Bird is likely still on the...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016 | Current News
Saskatchewan First Nations Chiefs and John Cochrane band delegates at a meeting in 2009. Photo courtesy johncochrane.ca A small Indian band in northern Saskatchewan is bolstered by a recent court ruling that backs its lawsuit against the FSIN. The ruling blocks a...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016 | Current News
Saskatoon St. Mary’s Wellness and Education Centre’s Grade 7 and 8 students give a voice to missing and murdered aboriginal women on Monday. Photo courtesy @GSCSNews, Twitter On Monday, teens across the province used social media to put the Multicultural...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016 | Current News
The flag that inspired the upcoming commemorative walk. Photo courtesy Tom Roberts A group of Prince Albert Indian Residential School survivors is planning a walk to heal from a school system that stripped kids from their families for nine months of the year. The...
