Indigenous Agriculture Summit Organizer Hopes To Expand Event Next Year

by MBC News | Nov 27, 2014

There are big plans in the future for the Indigenous Agriculture Summit being held in conjunction with Agribition this year. This is the second year the summit has been held and attendance has doubled from 50 to 100 people this year. The chair of the summit wants to...

Sask First Nations Accuse Harper Government Of Delaying On Settling Outstanding TLE Claims

by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014

Three Saskatchewan First Nations are taking the federal government to task for what they say are delays in resolving Treaty Land Entitlement payments. Mistawasis, Ahtahkakoop, and Sakimay First Nations say they have been waiting three years for the federal government...

Government Official Talks About Overrepresentation Of Northern Sask First Nations People In Justice System At PA Symposium

by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014

A Ministry of Justice policy analyst says resentment must end when looking at solutions to the overrepresentation of First Nations people from northern Saskatchewan at all levels of the justice system. David Gullickson spoke about the disheartening trend of the high...

Goodale Calls Harper Government Infrastructure Announcement “Hocus Pocus”

by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014

A Regina Liberal MP is calling a major $5.8 billion infrastructure announcement by the Harper government Monday little more than the repackaging of previous spending commitments. Ralph Goodale says this includes the federal government’s $500 million pledge to First...

Indigenous Summit One Of Highlights Of Western Canadian Agribition

by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014

Delegates from across Canada and as far away as Florida are at the Indigenous Agriculture Summit which is being held in conjunction with Agribition this week. They are hearing first hand success stories and learning the ins and outs of how to access government...

Invasive Mussels A Threat To Sask Commercial Fishing Industry, PA Conference Hears

by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014

Invasive mussel species were detrimental in Lake Winnipeg last year and the Ministry of Environment is warning of the dangers to Saskatchewan lakes. Representatives from the ministry spoke at the 2014 Fisheries Conference in Prince Albert Tuesday morning about the...