by Joel Willick | Oct 17, 2024
Mark Arcand will serve another four-year term as chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council. 10 delegates from each of the 7 First Nations under the STC cast their votes at the STC assembly at Dakota Dunes on Thursday. Arcand emerged victorious with 40 of the votes...
by Joel Willick | Oct 16, 2024
During the 2024 provincial election MBC News will be reaching out to all candidates in the northern ridings for individual interviews. The following is a transcript of the interview with NDP hopeful Jordan McPhail who is running in the Cumberland constituency. *Note...
by Joel Willick | Oct 11, 2024
Saskatchewan has a new Treaty Commissioner. Dr. Kathy Walker, of Okanese First Nation, took up the role last week officially starting her tenure on September 30 to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Speaking with MBC News, Walker says she decided to...
by Joel Willick | Oct 9, 2024
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has launched Canada’s first Indigenous majority-owned professional services business. Kitsaki Management, the economic arm of the band, launched R8dius on Wednesday as a majority stake holder. Deloitte Canada has also partnered with...
by Joel Willick | Oct 2, 2024
The economic development arm of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band has purchased a vacant building in Saskatoon. Kitsaki Management Limited Partnership announced on Wednesday they have purchased the former HSBC building in downtown Saskatoon. The economic development firm...
by Joel Willick | Sep 11, 2024
The Tribal Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is speaking out against a planned 30-bed homeless shelter in the city. A location for the new facility was approved by city council last week with the facility to be operated by the Mustard Seed. It will be located on...
by Joel Willick | Sep 3, 2024
As students head back to classrooms on Tuesday, a Cree bilingual school in Saskatoon received a major financial boost. The Dakota Dunes Community Development Corporation announced a $250,000 donation to the St. Frances Cree Bilingual school. The donation will be used...
by Joel Willick | Aug 27, 2024
Thunderchild First Nation has entered into a collaborative agreement with the University of Saskatchewan. The two groups came together to sign an official Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday morning. According to officials, the purpose of the agreement will be to...
by Joel Willick | Aug 22, 2024
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse was in Saskatchewan this week conducting engagement sessions on a $47.8 billion child welfare reform settlement. The AFN secured the commitment from the federal government in July, to be paid out over ten years....
by Joel Willick | Aug 14, 2024
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is calling on both the Government of Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan to reject a uranium mine project in northern Saskatchewan. The MN-S says the planned PLS Uranium Mine by Fission Uranium Corp on Patterson Lake has the potential...
