by MBC News | Apr 28, 2016
By all accounts a meeting on forestry operations near northern Saskatchewan Metis communities on Wednesday night was positive. Over the past few months there have been some concerns from northern Metis about plans for forestry operations in and around their...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2016
An educational centre near Saskatoon is celebrating 25 years of environmental and Indigenous education. The Saskatoon Public School’s Brightwater Science, Environmental and Indigenous learning Centre initially opened in 1990 to allow students the opportunity to...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2016
Complaints against government ministries and agencies were up 22 per cent last year, with Saskatchewan’s Ombudsman investigating a total of nearly 3,000 complaints. The numbers are contained in the Saskatchewan Ombudsman’s annual report which was submitted to the...
by MBC News | Apr 28, 2016
There has been a shake-up on the Cowessess First Nation. Cadmus Delorme easily ousted Terrence Lavallee as chief in Wednesday’s band elections on the First Nation, which is about 165 kilometres east of Regina. Five new band councilors were also elected, while...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
Chief Lorne Stewart and Metis local President Gerald Favel at the MOU signing. Photo courtesy Facebook, Lorne Stewart Two indigenous groups from Cumberland House have signed a memorandum of understanding to bring a united voice to negotiations for upcoming economic...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with a young Aboriginal girl at File Hills Qu’Appelle on Tuesday. Photo courtesy Justin Trudeau, Twitter. The Trudeau government has been handed a stern order from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on welfare services for...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
Prime Minister Trudeau in a brief conversation with LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson. While visiting a First Nation high school in Saskatoon on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened the floor to questions from students who rose to the occasion with tough...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
In his final annual report to the government, Saskatchewan’s child and youth advocate delivered some harsh criticism and expressed disappointment in the lack of progress during his five-year term in office. Bob Pringle says he has observed a waning commitment by...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
Troy Napope’s friends and family gather at the site where his body was found. The family and friends of a murdered Prince Albert man are getting some long-awaited closure. The funeral for Troy Cecil Napope started on Wednesday morning in Beardy’s Recreation...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
There was no major announcement, but history was made at the Treaty 4 Governance Centre in Fort Qu’Appelle Tuesday night. For the first time ever, a prime minister came to the centre to meet and listen to what the 11 chiefs of the File Hills Qu’Appelle...
