by MBC News | Feb 14, 2014
Closing arguments were heard in a Regina court yesterday for an Aboriginal man who was deemed a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indefinite prison term. His lawyer is attempting to have that designation overturned, saying his client does not fit the profile of...
by MBC News | Feb 14, 2014
A former Moosomin First Nation Day School teacher facing indecent assault charges is looking for a lawyer.Sixty-nine-year-old Morris David Hryniuk is charged with indecently assaulting eight different victims between 1964 and 1969.Hryniuk is being given until the end...
by MBC News | Feb 14, 2014
The University of Saskatchewan says Aboriginal students now make up 10% of its total student population — the highest its ever been.Recently collected data reveals that 1,999 students voluntarily self-declared their Aboriginal ancestry this academic...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2014
The future of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations still hangs up in the air after the conclusion of Thursday’s assembly. The FSIN is facing a severe fiscal shortfall after a series of transfer cuts from the Harper government and has had to issue layoff...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2014
The future of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations still hangs up in the air after the conclusion of Thursday’s assembly. The FSIN is facing a severe fiscal shortfall after a series of transfer cuts from the Harper government and has had to issue layoff...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2014
The Federation of Saskatchewan Nations is in dire need of money and delegates at its winter legislatve assembly are considering proposals that would take monies from the First Nations Gaming Trust and use them to support the organization. The FSIN issued layoff...
by MBC News | Feb 13, 2014
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Cam Broten was on the hot seat Wednesday afternoon over a proposed government sale of casinos in both Regina and Moose Jaw. The Saskatchewan Party government says it would like to enter negotiations to sell the casinos to the Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2014
The recent allegations against North American Indigenous Games CEO Glenn Pratt was front and centre at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Winter Assembly this morning. NAIG confirmed Pratt has been placed on leave with pay as he is under investigation for a...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2014
One man is dead and another is fighting for his life after becoming stranded while on a rescue mission near the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border. The pair were from Lac Brochet and had left the community on Friday to search for a missing man from Wollaston Lake. The man...
by MBC News | Feb 12, 2014
Opposition parties say there are some good investments in Aboriginal communities in the federal budget but the money should be flowing sooner rather than later. Both the NDP and Liberals say $1.9 billion for First Nations education and $40 million for on-reserve...
