by MBC News | Apr 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says he is running for re-election. Chief Cameron made the formal announcement at the FSIN head office in Saskatoon on Friday morning. “We still have a lot of work ahead of us,” said Cameron. “Some good...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde has been named a recipient of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Bellegarde will be invested, along with five other people at a ceremony in Regina next month. He has spent his life advancing First Nations...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Several tents, a teepee and a sacred fire remain on the grounds across from the Legislative Assembly building, as protesters marked day 45 of their campaign Friday. The structures started popping up shortly after the Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine murder trial...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Aaron Starr used to light the lamp in junior hockey rinks across Western Canada. The 35-year-old from Star Blanket Cree Nation has graduated from battling on the ice, to battling in the courtroom, as Starr is now a lawyer in Saskatoon. “I think that a lot of my skills...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Several tourism awards were handed out in Regina Thursday night with a few Indigenous organizations honoured for their contributions. The Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence Gala is the province’s largest gathering of tourism operators, representatives and...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The residents of Fond du Lac will have to wait at least another year for possible upgrades to their airstrip. The government confirms it is in the early stages of conducting an engineering report on the runway and securing federal dollars to make the project possible....
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The day after the Saskatchewan Party tabled its spring budget, which included $11.4 million in new funding for mental health supports and services, a petition signed by northern residents is calling on the government to invest more money into mental health and...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association annual convention began yesterday with Youth Day at the JRMCC in La Ronge. The day featured a number of information sessions and displays set up in the gymnasium featuring traps, snares and other tools of the trade....
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
An investigation is underway after a person died in custody this week at the Meadow Lake RCMP detachment. On Tuesday morning shortly before 6 a.m., an adult male was found unresponsive in the cell area. Police say EMS was called and the 25-year-old man from Meadow...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Warren Kaeding, the minister of Government Relations, First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs, is guaranteeing better forest fire response efforts for the North this year than in 2017. The government was criticized for what many, especially in the Peter Ballantyne...
