by MBC News | Sep 8, 2017
Photo courtesy of SaskPower The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has certified SaskPower with gold status for Aboriginal relations. It is the highest rating, recognizing the corporation as a good business partner and a great place to work. “The...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2017
Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde. Screenshot from AFN General Assembly stream. National Chief Perry Bellegarde is encouraging Indigenous youth across the country to take to social media this weekend to share how they are connecting to their culture....
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2017
Ile-a-la-Crosse Boarding School. Photo courtesy Facebook. Survivors of the Ile-a-la-Crosse boarding school say their patience is running thin one year after the minister of Indigenous Affairs pledged to negotiate a settlement. On September 8, 2016, Indigenous Affairs...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2017
Laura Naytowhow. Photo courtesy of RCMP. UPDATE: Laura Naytowhow has been arrested in Prince Albert. Waskesiu RCMP are looking to the public for information on a 30-year-old woman from Montreal Lake. Last Sunday around 7:00 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop on...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
An elementary school in La Ronge has put out a warning to parents following an incident in a nearby neighbourhood yesterday. Pre-Cam Community School says it has learned a man in a truck offered to give a Grade 5 student a ride, and then threatened the girl. The...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Photo courtesy of usask.ca The number of Aboriginal students on the University of Saskatchewan campus continues to rise. Self-declared Aboriginal student enrollment at the university is up 7 per cent compared to this time last year. The university says as of the first...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Fire map. Photo courtesy of Government of Saskatchewan. It is another smoky day in Pelican Narrows, as crews continue to battle three fires that have consumed more than 1,000 square kilometres of forest. The largest fire, about 14 kilometres southeast of Pelican...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
La Ronge Provincial Court. File photo. A Crown prosecutor in La Ronge says there was no likelihood of a conviction in a manslaughter case, so prosecutors had no choice but to stay the charges against a Sucker River woman. Shawna Finlayson, 28, was accused in the death...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Mary Gardiner has been set up outside the Canoe Lake band office in a tent. Photo courtesy Mary Gardiner via Facebook. A Canoe Lake First Nation woman is on the third week of a protest outside the Canoe Lake Band Office. Mary Gardiner has been sleeping in a tent...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
One of the many participants in Wednesday night’s meeting. Photo courtesy of Candice Evans, Facebook. According to organizers, a meeting calling for action on northern suicides exceeded their expectations. Organizer Allison Woods-Janvier says she didn’t...
