by MBC News | Nov 22, 2017
Chief Tammy Cook-Searson during her swearing-in ceremony at the most recent LLRIB election. File Photo. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will be part of a committee tasked with selecting a new leader of the RCMP. Cook-Searson was chosen to sit...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2017
SHIP Executive Director Shuan Dyck speaks to reporters in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. In 2015, the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership held a one-day gathering of information, where they determined 60 per cent of the city’s homelessness population...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2017
Myrna LaPlante. Photo courtesy of Native Women’s Association of Canada. There was an impassioned plea this morning on behalf of all the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The plea came from Myrna LaPlante, whose 78-year-old aunt vanished...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2017
Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre The First Nations Language Keepers Conference is kicking off today at the Saskatoon Inn and Conference Centre. Speeches on the importance of preserving Indigenous languages from elders, academics and educators...
by MBC News | Nov 21, 2017
The chief electoral officer for the Montreal Lake Cree Nation says he is prepared to swear in a new chief on Wednesday. Clifford Bird says Frank J. Roberts will be the new chief by acclamation. The band’s appeal tribunal had previously ordered a special...
by MBC News | Nov 21, 2017
SaskTel logo. Photo courtesy SaskTel. A planned outage to SaskTel landline, wireless and internet services in the province’s north is scheduled from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on November 22. Services will be disrupted in Brabant Lake, Black Lake, Butler Lake, Cigar...
by MBC News | Nov 21, 2017
Delores Stevenson, Nadine Machiskinic’s aunt. File photo. The laundry chute death of a young Indigenous woman and the impact it had on her family was outlined this morning, as the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls opened its hearings...
by MBC News | Nov 21, 2017
La Loche. Photo courtesy of tourismsaskatchewan.com Two geographical features have been named in honour of two people killed in the January 2016 shootings in La Loche. Teacher Adam Wood and teacher’s aide Marie Janvier died while helping students and colleagues...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2017
Richelle Dubois, Constance Dubois, FSIN Vice-Chief Heather Bear and Pasqua First Nation Chief Matthew T. Peigan discussing the investigation into Haven Dubois’ death. Photo by Joel Willick. A mother, whose teenage son died in Regina, continues to raise concerns...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2017
Rob Clarke. Photo courtesy of Rob Clarke. Rob Clarke, the newest runner Sask. Party leadership race, is calling for a debate in the province’s north. Of the six debates planned for the contest, the event in North Battleford will be the closest to northern...
