by MBC News | Aug 6, 2019
The Regina Open Door Society is putting on a program to teach young newcomers to Canada about Indigenous culture. The new program is called Reconciliation through Education and is being held this summer until Aug. 17. “We’ve done everything through the consultation of...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2019
The Court of Queen’s Bench is holding the Onion Lake Cree Nation in contempt of court for not releasing certain financial documents. Charmaine Stick and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation were successful in federal court in June 2017 in having the First Nation release...
by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019
RCMP say two men drowned in northern Saskatchewan lakes this week. On Wednesday, police discovered the body of a 28-year-old man in Father’s Lake, about five kilometres north of Pelican Narrows. EMS and police officers tried performing CPR on the male but were...
by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019
A totem pole that has graced the shores of the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert for more than four decades will soon be moving to a new home. The totem pole was carved by two inmates at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary and donated to the city in 1975. However,...
by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019
Carlton Trail College will be offering bursaries to those who are often underrepresented in the trades, including Indigenous people. The bursaries are also being offered to newcomers, women and people with disabilities. “The intent of the funding is to really help...
by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019
Former NHLer Reggie Leach will be in Flin Flon in a couple weeks. Leach will be helping out with a youth hockey camp from Aug. 19-23 at the Whitney Forum. “Just being in their company and seeing how well they do on the ice, how talented they are and always trying to...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is heralding a Saskatchewan court decision in favour of a group of Indigenous hunters. In 2018, a group of hunters from the Six Nations First Nation in Ontario were invited to hunt on unoccupied Crown land in southern...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019
Saskatchewan is mourning the loss of Indigenous sports builder Tony Cote. Cote, who founded the First Nations Summer Games in the mid-1970s, died Wednesday at the age of 84. He is also credited with establishing one of the first indoor hockey rinks on a Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019
The NDP is calling on the Saskatchewan government to implement a suicide prevention strategy. Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette tabled a bill that would aim to reduce suicides in the province in November. The provincial government didn’t pass Bill 613, the Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019
Hockey season is just around the corner and the La Ronge Ice Wolves need billet families for the upcoming campaign. “I’m thinking I need about 10 more beds,” said Rita Goertzen, the billet coordinator for the Ice Wolves. “I’m still working on a couple people and I...
