by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017 | Current News
Peter V. Abrametz. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Closing arguments were heard today in a disciplinary hearing against a Prince Albert lawyer accused of seven counts of conduct unbecoming a lawyer. The discipline committee of the Saskatchewan Law Society concluded...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017 | Current News
Sandra Pelletier speaking at a safety conference in Ile-a-la-Crosse. Photo by Abel Charles For the second year in a row, Ile-a-la-Crosse is hosting a unique safety conference in the province’s northwest. The one-day conference kicked off on Friday and will...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of saskatchewan.ca A company out of Meadow Lake is facing a hefty fine after one of its employees died at a northern Saskatchewan work site. In July 2015, a Cowan Bros. Transport worker was killed at a job site near Waskesiu after he was run over by a...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of orangeshirtday.org Over the next couple days, communities across the province are coming together to honour residential school survivors by wearing an orange shirt for the annual Orange Shirt Day. While the legacy of Canada’s Residential School...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017 | Current News
Chief Franklin Paibomsai of Whitefish River First Nation speaking at an FSIN housing forum in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. According to a First Nations Chief from Ontario, rent-to-own policies have been extremely beneficial for housing in his community. Chief...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2017 | Current News
Kamao Cappo outside the Canadian Tire store where the incident took place. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. No criminal charges will be laid after an Indigenous man who was forcefully removed from a Canadian Tire store in Regina this past summer. The Regina Police Service...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2017 | Current News
FSIN Vice Chief Dutch Lerat speaking at an Indigenous housing forum in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. Hundreds of people gathered at a forum in Saskatoon on Thursday aimed at discussing updates to Indigenous housing policy. The two-day forum is titled Foundation of...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2017 | Current News
Montreal Lake Cree Nation logo. Image courtesy mlcn.ca. A special by-election has been called on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation for the position of chief. In a notice to band members issued today, chief electoral officer Clifford D. Bird says it comes as a result of a...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of orangeshirtday.org Orange shirts will be worn in Saskatoon to honour residential school survivors. City officials, along with Reconciliation Saskatoon are holding Orange shirt Day activities on September 30. The day is meant to educate people on the...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of rbe.sk.ca There has been a remarkable increase in the graduation rate of Aboriginal students in the Regina Public School system over the last year. It went up 11 per cent from 42 to 53 per cent. The rate for non-Aboriginal students increased 4 per...
