by MBC News | Oct 24, 2014
A huge tract of forest in central Saskatchewan is now certified to standards set by an independent organization called the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. SFI works with forestry companies and First Nations to put standards and policies in place that protect the land...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2014
A record number of Aboriginal students are registered at the University of Saskatchewan this fall. Indigenous enrollment is up 10 per cent over last year with a total of 2,121 students self-declaring as Aboriginal. The university says one of the reasons for the...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2014
A new documentary examines the plight and personal stories of two Manitoba First Nations communities that are still displaced as the result of a 2011 flood. Treading Water: Plight of the Manitoba First Nation Flood Evacuees is the product of brother and sister...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2014
Established and aspiring Aboriginal writers are meeting in Saskatoon over the next few days as part of the Anskohk Festival. Major Indigenous writers attending the conference this year include Lisa Bird-Wilson, Gregory Scofield and Warren Cariou. Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Oct 23, 2014
Prince Albert police are utilizing sonar equipment to search for Tim Charlette. The equipment has been loaned by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Charlette was reported missing on Oct. 11 and is believed to be in the North Saskatchewan River near where the body of...
by MBC News | Oct 23, 2014
A ceremony was held in Montreal Lake on Wednesday as part of an endeavour to bring an important treaty document back to Saskatchewan. In 1889, the Montreal Lake Cree Nation and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, then known collectively as the Green Lake Indians, signed an...
