by MBC News | Apr 13, 2015
Since 1988 urban reserves have made significant economic and social contributions to the City of Saskatoon. The city recently created community profiles that contain a wide range of information about the 11 First Nation communities that own land in Saskatoon. Director...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2015
A student from the First Nations University in Regina will be heading to Albuquerque, New Mexico next week to be a contestant in the Miss Indian World Pageant. Amelia Badger is a fourth-year Education student and is one of eight women from Canada who will be part of...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2015
The head of the RCMP says 70 per cent of Aboriginal females killed in Canada — in cases solved by police — died at the hands of other Aboriginal people. Commissioner Bob Paulson released the statistic in a letter obtained by The Canadian Press. The letter...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2015
The First Nations Election Act is now law. It means any First Nation in Canada can now opt into a new electoral system. The main benefit is that elections are held every four years instead of every two years as they are now under the Indian Act. There will also be a...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2015
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is quite disappointed with the recent changes to the Nutrition North Program announced last week by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt. The provincial chamber warns the issue could be brought up in the next federal...
by MBC News | Apr 10, 2015
A northern Saskatchewan MLA has established an office on a First Nation in the province’s far north — and he hopes to open more in the region. The Black Lake First Nation band office is the site of Athabasca New Democrat Buckley Belanger’s new...
