by MBC News | Aug 27, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is examining how gender impacts health and wellness in Indigenous peoples. The organization questions whether paying more attention to this will improve conditions. “Gender plays a significant role in health and wellness, but...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
An RCMP member stationed in Stony Rapids has been suspended, is facing three criminal charges and an RCMP Code of Conduct investigation has been ordered. Police say Brendin Feere has been charged with assault, forcible confinement and overcoming resistance to...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2018 | Current News
The federal government is hosting an Indigenous languages engagement session in Saskatoon this week. The meeting is part of the government’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call to action to pass an Aboriginal Languages Act. Garry Anaquod is the...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre, in partnership with the federal and provincial governments, will start construction of an eight-room co-housing project for hard-to-house individuals in North Battleford. “The supported rooming house model will...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
La Ronge will play host to the 24th annual Eagle Point Canoe Classic this Saturday. There’s a 17-kilometre race and a seven-kilometre version. Organizers are expecting between 30-40 paddlers. “We get some people out of province – from Manitoba and from...
by MBC News | Aug 23, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The judge has reserved her decision in whether the protesters Charter Rights were violated on freedom of expression and lawful arrest and detention of six protesters June 18. The judge also did not rule on if the camp will be removed from Wascana Park....
by MBC News | Aug 23, 2018 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s NDP Opposition says the province’s workers’ compensation legislation needs to be changed to accommodate victims like Charlene Klyne. Klyne was seriously injured in a shooting at La Loche’s Dene Nation High School two years ago and hasn’t been able to...
by MBC News | Aug 23, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Town of La Ronge is moving ahead with a plan to increase the number of RCMP officers in the community. A proposal has been finalized that would see three more Mounties hired, with the town paying for 70 per cent of the cost and the Saskatchewan government covering...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2018 | Current News
Regina Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing child. Authorities say 12-year-old Dylan James Lonechild was last seen on the 3200 block of Dewdney Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Lonechild is described as Indigenous, standing 5’8”, weighing approximately...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
All of this week, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is hosting community meetings to gather ideas from the membership on shaping the Election Act. “The purpose of the amendments to ensure there is consistency between the Election Act and any other regulations, codes or...
