by MBC News | Sep 20, 2013
Steering young people away from a life of street gangs and violence was the focus of an announcement in Saskatoon Friday morning. The provincial government is giving $49,500 to the anti-gang organization STR8 UP to assist with its programming. Minister of Corrections...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013
Saskatchewan First Nations will be on the world stage next month when a high-ranking United Nations representative comes to visit. James Anaya is responsible for promoting laws and policies that support Indigenous people around the world and a number of provincial...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013
Members of the Prince Albert Grand Council are not happy with the Harper government’s new First Nations education act, so they are taking things into their own hands. Member bands are currently drafting their own education acts which they plan on sending to Ottawa by...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013
A ground breaking Indigenous art show opens its doors to the public in Regina on Friday. The curator of the First Nations art display at the MacKenzie Art Gallery says it was a humbling experience to meet the artists and collect the pieces for the show. The exhibit...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013
SaskEnergy says it has surpassed its goal for natural gas customers in the La Ronge area. Spokesman Dave Burdeniuk says there was an increase of about 130 residential and commercial hookups this year – bringing the total number of customers in the region to 839....
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2013
Officials with the Saskatoon Health Region First Nations and Métis Health Service say they are pleased with a recent visit to the north. On Monday, they met with representatives from La Ronge and on Tuesday another visit was made to Stony Rapids. Health service...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2013
RCMP have issued a Canada-wide search warrant for a former employee of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation after a significant amount of money went missing from the band’s accounting department. Hugo Gallegos, 40, has been charged with theft over 5,000 dollars and...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2013
A University of Regina graduate student says the media needs to rethink the way it covers Aboriginal issues. Holly McKenzie wrote her Masters thesis on media coverage of missing and murdered Aboriginal women focusing on the Saskatchewan cases of Daleen Bosse and Amber...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2013
A dispute over exploration for oil and gas on the Thunderchild First Nation continued on in a Saskatoon courtroom Tuesday. Marilyn Wapass was arrested last month for violating a court order which prevents interference with seismic testing on the reserve. A group of...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2013
A new campaign aims to create greater awareness and understanding about what qualifies as a sexual assault. The “Don’t be that Guy” campaign was launched on Tuesday morning in Saskatoon. Heather Pocock, the assistant director at the sexual assault and information...
