by MBC News | Oct 20, 2016 | Current News
Vice-Chief Mark Arcand. Photo courtesy sktc.sk.ca. The election results have come-in for Tribal Vice-Chief for the Saskatoon Tribal Council. According to the electoral officer, Mark Arcand from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation was re-elected for his second term of Vice-Chief....
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2016 | Current News
A room full of people at the first ever SFNSA safety conference in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. The Saskatchewan First Nation Safety Association held its first conference in Saskatoon on Thursday as a new organization. The SFNSA was originally founded this past...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2016 | Current News
Regina family shares palliative care horror story. Stillshot from APTN Investigates preview video The death of a 39-year-old Aboriginal woman in a Regina hospital two years ago is the subject of a special investigative piece, which will air on APTN Investigates Friday...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2016 | Current News
Philip McLoughlin speaking at an SMA environmental forum in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. New research out of the University of Saskatchewan has found the boreal forest woodland caribou population in northern Saskatchewan is doing rather well. Researchers spent...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2016 | Current News
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron speaks to open a candidates forum for the Saskatoon mayoral race. photo by Joel Willick Indigenous issues took centre stage during the Saskatoon municipal election on Wednesday night. For two full hours a room full of concerned voters grilled...
by MBC News | Oct 19, 2016 | Current News
Premier Brad Wall pictured in August. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Emotions ran high for Saskatchewan politicians in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday as they addressed four recent suicides in the north. Premier Brad Wall said the province is currently offering...
by MBC News | Oct 19, 2016 | Current News
Current and former northern Saskatchewan female leaders. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Past and present northern Saskatchewan chiefs have received a reminder that their leadership as women is valued. This week there was a special ceremony for current and former female...
by MBC News | Oct 19, 2016 | Current News
Protesters gathered today in Regina. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. Rallies were held around the province Wednesday in a push to get the government to rethink its plans to end funding for a program that has convocated hundreds of Aboriginal teachers in northern...
by MBC News | Oct 19, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy of Brad Sigurdson Hundreds of professionals in the mining industry have gathered for a two-day conference in Saskatoon. The Saskatchewan Mining Association (SMA) is hosting the forum, which will look at ways to lessen the environmental impacts of the...
by MBC News | Oct 19, 2016 | Current News
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. Photo by Manfred Joenhck Candidates running for mayor of Saskatoon will get an opportunity to engage Indigenous voters at a forum Wednesday night. The FSIN is hosting the mayoral candidates in a discussion on issues facing the city’s...
