by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013
The leader of the federal NDP says provinces like Saskatchewan need to look at sharing natural resource revenues with First Nations and they avoid doing so at their own peril. Thomas Mulcair was in Saskatoon on Saturday for the Saskatchewan NDP convention where he met...
by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013
Officials with the three northern Saskatchewan health regions are continuing efforts to increase testing and treatment for the HIV virus. Deputy Medical Health Officer Dr. Moliehi Khaketla says its part of the provincial plan to increase testing by 50 per cent by the...
by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013
A Regina man has started a project which aims to put residential school survivors in touch with each other so they can share their stories. Tony Stevenson says many residential school survivors who have been through the independent assessment process or adjudication...
by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013
A Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief is encouraging victims of violence to turn to ceremonies as a form of healing. Kimberly Jonathan was elected to the FSIN last year and since that time she has spoken out about the need for a national inquiry to...
by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013
A company looking for diamonds near Deschambault Lake will hold an information meeting in the community tonight. Stornoway Diamond Corporation has been looking for the precious stones for several months now. They are digging in two sites – one located seven...
by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013
A series of information meetings for members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are being held over the next two weeks to discuss proposed changes to the band’s election act. Band councillor Leon Charles is chairing the process and says discussions have been going...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Métis leaders are applauding Friday’s landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding farmland promised to Métis children as part of the Red River Settlement of 1870. The high court ruled that the Métis are entitled to a declaration that Canada failed to...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Poundmaker Chief Duane Antoine and seven others were sentenced for Treaty Land Entitlement fraud Friday. All pleaded guilty last year. Antoine and his brother Teddy, a former chief, each received a 20-month suspended sentence. They must complete 100 hours of community...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head-Lean Man First Nations Chief Noel Stone Jr. and Councillor Milton Oxebin have been ousted from their council seats. Aboriginal Affairs says the reason for the removal is the two allegedly engaged in vote buying practices during band...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
After months of job losses, there is some good news on the Aboriginal employment front. The latest numbers from Statistics Canada indicate off-reserve employment was up by 800 from February of last year. That represents a two per cent increase from a year ago. Economy...
