by MBC News | Jun 27, 2018
Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth is calling on the provincial government to address the high rates of Indigenous youth incarceration in the province. Corey O’Soup points to a recent Statistics Canada report that finds 92 per cent of male youth and 98 per...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2018
The Provincial Capital Commission says it is being forced to move some of its Canada Day activities at Regina’s Wascana Park because of an ongoing Indigenous protest there. Several teepees have been erected since protesters with the Justice for Our Stolen...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2018
Health officials are encouraging residents to get a free HIV test today. Statistics indicate that since 1985, approximately 2,100 residents have been infected, with three quarters being from the Indigenous population. Sixty per cent of infections are caused through...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
Coreen Sayazie will once again serve as the chief of the Black Lake Denesuline Nation. According to a spokesperson at the Black Lake band office, Sayazie, who is the first female chief of the First Nation, was re-elected to a second two-year term yesterday. John...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
The Saskatchewan and federal governments are investing $4.2 million in new housing options for victims of domestic violence. One-point-eight million is going to the Piwapan Women’s Centre and Sapohtewan House in La Ronge, with that project being a new build. Public...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
Residents from the northern Saskatchewan community of Southend were returning to their homes Tuesday. About 950 people were forced from their homes June 19 due to a wildfire burning about 15 kilometres south of the community. However, the general evacuation order for...
