by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
On any given day more than 200 people will use the Lighthouse in Saskatoon as a place to sleep, and this includes severe alcoholics. The Lighthouse opened up a 38-bed facility for intoxicated people who need a place to sleep it off over night. General Manager, Dave...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
A small Regina-based magazine is responding to a recent decision made by the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner regarding the northern village of Pinehouse’s financial records. Earlier this year, an investigative journalist with Briarpatch magazine...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
All day Friday, the Northern Spirits showcase is asking for help to save its program for young people in the arts. Its organizers and its youth are working with our province-wide radio network to raise money for Northern Spirits. Now heading into its ninth year, the...
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
The vice chief of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council has entered provincial politics. Dwayne Lasas has secured the NDP nomination for the riding of Meadow Lake. Lasas will face the Saskatchewan Party incumbent, Jeremy Harrison, in next spring’s provincial election....
by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
The Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario has spent more than a decade indigenizing the school. The Vice-Provost of Aboriginal Initiatives says executive leadership is key to indigenizing post-secondary institutions. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux made her comments on...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2015
The Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation announced the winner of this year’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. Points Athabasca FHQ Contracting, based out of Regina, was named the winner for its work in economic development. Board chair Edmund Bellegarde says the company...
