by MBC News | Jun 26, 2019
Saskatoon Folkfest announced its 2019 honourary ambassador for the 40th annual event scheduled for August. The announcement came on June 21, which is also National Indigenous Peoples Day, and Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand will be holding the ambassador title. “I...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2019
A University of Saskatchewan (USask) graduate student who is originally from La Ronge has received this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Centennial Aboriginal Scholarship. Aaron John Bell is a biology PhD student in the USask College of Arts and Science and was awarded the...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2019
The children buried in an unmarked cemetery at a former residential school in Regina will be permanently remembered as a commemorative heritage group now owns the land. The Regina Indian Industrial School Association and others have been lobbying for years to get the...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves boosted their lineup Tuesday with the signing of 20-year-old forward Daylon Mannon for the upcoming SJHL season. Mannon spent the 2018-19 season in the NAHL with the Maryland Black Bears. In 49 regular season games, the Fresno, CA, product had...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2019
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is hosting a series of meetings in membership communities around the province on a proposed land code and Monday night officials were in Prince Albert. The custom band code seeks to replace the 32 land management sections of the Indian Act...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2019
The property of a former residential school in Regina, will be turned over today to a society overseeing the heritage of a cemetery, of the unmarked graves of approximately 35 to 40 children believed to have attended the school. The Regina Indian Industrial School...
