by MBC News | May 9, 2019
A group representing Sixties Scoop survivors are frustrated with what they say is a lack of commitment from the provincial government following the apology from Premier Scott Moe in January. The Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Saskatchewan produced a report from...
by MBC News | May 9, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatchewan at the end of the month to officially exonerate Chief Poundmaker for wrongful conviction of treason more than 130 years ago. The Prime Minister will be visiting the First Nation on May 23 for the official...
by MBC News | May 9, 2019
As the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations calls for complete independence into the investigation of a Regina Police officer-involved shooting of an Indigenous man Saturday, the Attorney General is trying to assure impartiality. Don Morgan says the Justice...
by MBC News | May 9, 2019
Several members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders will be in northern Saskatchewan this weekend. Ed Gainey, Zack Evans, Charleston Hughes, Naaman Roosevelt, Micah Johnson and Brendon LaBatte are slated to come to La Ronge for the 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders Northern...
by MBC News | May 8, 2019
A Saskatoon psychiatrist says a young man involved in the brutal slaying of La Ronge restauranteur Simon Grant two years ago would be best served by an adult prison sentence. The male, who was only 17 at the time of the assault, was one three attackers present when...
by MBC News | May 8, 2019
A Memorandum of Understanding between the federal government and a steering committee has the Métis and survivors hopeful of recognition and compensation in the decades old battle of the legacy of the Ile-a-la-Crosse Boarding School. A former student says the signing...
by MBC News | May 7, 2019
A University of Calgary professor says the Saskatchewan government is on the wrong track when it comes to its anti-gang strategy. The province recently announced 10 local organizations would be given $20,000 each to help address the issue of gangs in their...
by MBC News | May 7, 2019
Residents in northern Saskatchewan will see increased drilling activity this summer as mining companies look to explore new opportunities for mineral deposits. 110 new holes are expected to be drilled in an area including Creighton. Energy and Resources Minister...
by MBC News | May 7, 2019
The National Aboriginal Hockey Championships officially kicked off today in Whitehorse, YT. Saskatchewan’s male team will open up the round-robin portion of their schedule against Team Alberta this afternoon. Meantime, Saskatchewan’s female squad has a date with Team...
by MBC News | May 6, 2019
With about 400 friends and family looking on, 30 students from across the province took part in the Northlands College graduation on Saturday in La Ronge. Students from such programs as business administration, nursing, social work, Aboriginal justice and criminology...
