by MBC News | Dec 22, 2017
A new agreement between the Treaty 4 Territory and the federal government is aiming to completely transform education in the region. A letter of understanding was recently signed that would see both parties work toward the establishment of a new First Nation education...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2017
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. File photo. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is asking for an apology from Canadian Tire for an alleged incident involving a First Nations elder earlier this week. The FSIN says the incident happened at the North Battleford...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2017
The economic arm of the Mistawasis First Nation has entered a partnership to purchase a mining contracting company. Misty Ventures announced this morning their purchase of Xtreme Mining and Demolition alongside the Hamilton Construction Corporation. The two partners...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2017
A $2-million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research will go towards combating AIDS and HIV on First Nations reserves. The money will go to Dr. Stuart Skinner, a clinician, and researcher based at the University of Saskatchewan. Skinner is currently...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
Both engines of the West Wind Aviation turboprop passenger plane were operating when the plane hit the ground shortly after takeoff from the Fond du Lac airport last Wednesday night. The information was released today during a media briefing held by Transportation...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
Saskatchewan RCMP is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing boy. Tyler Walker was reported missing over two weeks ago from a home in the community of Pilot Butte. RCMP say they have been searching for Walker since then but have not been able to locate...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
A trappers table in Prince Albert in 2016. Photo courtesy the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association. Provincial fur expert Mike Gollop says there is reason to be optimistic about the fur trade in Saskatchewan. The latest report from Saskatchewan Environment...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
The Transportation Safety Board will release more information this afternoon on its investigation into last week’s crash of a West Wind Aviation turboprop plane at the Fond du Lac airport. Twenty-five people on board, including a baby, were injured when the plane went...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
More cases of chronic wasting disease have been found in three new wildlife management zones in the province. Saskatchewan Environment says the cases were found in zones 44, 39 and 3. These zones are located southeast of North Battleford, northwest of Yorkton and in...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
The Wanuskewin heritage park, located north of Saskatoon, is one of eight sites added to Canada’s tentative list for World Heritage Sites today. World Heritage Sites are locations all around the world that have been noted by the United Nations to be of cultural...
