by mbcnews | Jun 13, 2019 | Current News
Canada is one step closer to adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Bill C-262 was passed in the Senate’s Aboriginal peoples committee earlier in the week amidst complaints from Conservative senators that Chair Lillian Dyck was...
by mbcnews | Jun 13, 2019 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council has an agreement in place to swap land with the City of Prince Albert. City Council voted narrowly 5-4 in favor to essential a straight trade, as the PAGC is getting the Parkland Recreation Center, while the City gets the abandoned...
by Katrina Cameron | Jun 13, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
About 50 people, decked out in every colour of the rainbow, squeezed into the small meeting space of La Ronge town council last night. They were there to support the second item on the agenda, which called for the raising of the pride flag for one month. A motion was...
by mbcnews | Jun 12, 2019 | Current News
The first Two Spirit Powwow is being held on the Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation this Saturday. The First Nation has partnered with OUTSaskatoon to host the event on the First Nation. “In Beardy’s, our festival had always been focused on just celebrating pride....
by Brendan Mayer | Jun 12, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
The Canadian Red Cross will be offering a free course in Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan this summer to help children stay safe if they’re home alone. The course is for kids aged 9-13 and is called Stay Safe! Lesley-Anne Morley, the Indigenous community...
by mbcnews | Jun 12, 2019 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is disappointed by the responses from Premier Scott Moe and Conservative Party leader Andrew Sheer who both say what happened to Indigenous women and girls was not an act of genocide. “A Canadian genocide did...
