by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
NDP’s Advanced Education Critic Warren McCall during Tuesday’s sitting of the Legislative Assembly The province’s NDP opposition party is once again questioning the government’s decision to consolidate funding to the Northern Teacher’s...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
Former Ice Wolves Head Coach/GM Shawn Martin. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Former La Ronge Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM Shawn Martin is speaking out just days after being fired from the SJHL team. Martin said today in an exclusive interview with MBC Radio that he’s a...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
Val Napoleon, University of Victoria’s Indigenous Law Research Unit director. Photo Courtesy newsroom.carleton.ca A well-researched Aboriginal justice professor is dubious that Canadian courts offer long-term solutions to First Nations disputes. This comes after...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
Sod turning on the Pasqua First Nation. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. The Pasqua First Nation, about 70 kilometers northeast of Regina, will soon be home to a culture and youth centre, as a result of new funding by Indigenous Affairs Canada. Sod turning for...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
People gather at the Sharing the Wisdom Conference on HIV/AIDS rates in the province. Photo by Joel Willick The Government of Saskatchewan is seeking community input in the development of a multi-year plan to reduce HIV and AIDS rates in the province. Several...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
Broadview RCMP are actively looking for a missing 16-year-old girl from the Cowessess First Nation. Norma Jade Shepherd was last seen leaving a Cowessess residence last Wednesday in an unknown vehicle. She was reported missing to police several hours later, but...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
Regina police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since mid-September. Shakiya Shayden Paquachan is not attending school and despite reports that she has been seen, police say need to establish face-to-face...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy of SaskTel. SaskTel has announced an agreement that will bring dedicated internet over fibre to 80 Saskatchewan First Nations offices and 10 Tribal Council offices. The agreement involves Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, the Federation of...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2016 | Current News
Dr. Mansfield Mela. Photo courtesy of usask.sk.ca International experts gathered at the University of Saskatchewan on Monday to help create the first ever treatment and medicine guidelines for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. According to experts, FASD has been...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2016 | Current News
A group in northwest Saskatchewan wants to inject new life and new money into the province’s wild rice industry. Saskatchewan produces over half the wild rice in Canada, but the industry has been stagnant for a number of years and producers are not seeing a big return...
