by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017
Marilyn Poitras, a Commissioner for the National Inquiry on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Woman and Girls. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Prince Albert’s Honouring Our Brothers and Sisters Memorial Walk has always been about supporting Indigenous people regardless of...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017
Photo courtesy of AFN website The Assembly of First Nations has launched a new digital resource for teachers. The “It’s Our Time First Nations Toolkit” will be available on iTunes U for schools across the country in time for the fall. The toolkit will be a...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017
McClean Lake Operation. Photo courtesy of nuclearsafety.gc.ca The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has renewed AREVA’s license for the McClean Lake Operation for a 10-year period. The decision was made following a public hearing held earlier this month in La Ronge....
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017
Susan Harty. Photo courtesy Manfred Joehnck. Cameco, along with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and a Regina custom kitchen company, have made a dream come true for a Regina woman who is battling life-threatening liver cancer. Susan Harty, 50, wanted a new kitchen, a...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2017
photo courtesy Saskatchewan Environment website Provincial environment officials are warning people that encounters with black bears are happening more often at this time of the year. Within the last week, Saskatchewan Environment has received a number of calls about...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2017
File photo The chief of the FSIN says the federal government is taking too long to address the issue of safe drinking water in First Nations communities. Bobby Cameron says despite the federal government’s promise to put an end to boil water advisories in First Nation...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2017
Kris Joyce. Photo courtesy of lakingsinsider.com About a year ago, Kris Joyce was finishing up his junior hockey days with the La Ronge Ice Wolves in the SJHL, now the 22-year-old goaltender from Prince George is searching for a pro contract at LA Kings development...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2017
Chief candidates Jim Gordon Lemaigre, Sharon Kennedy, Teddy Clark, and Josephine Pische. It’s now or never for voters on Clearwater River Dene Nation as polls open for chief and council elections. The La Loche-area reserve did not hold advance polls or...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2017
Photo courtesy of saskatoonhealthregion.ca Members of the Saskatoon Health Board will get an update this afternoon on an external review investigating complaints by Indigenous women who felt pressured to consent to tubal ligation after the birth of their child. The...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2017
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott meets with officials in La Ronge. Photo courtesy of Abel Charles. The federal government will invest $8 million to establish a cross-country mentorship network for First Nations, Metis and Inuit health researchers. Health Minister...
