by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band councillor in Grandmother’s Bay says you can’t put a price on bringing closure to the family of a missing person. That’s why Leon Charles says his community was willing to spend over $100,000 to buy a remote underwater vehicle that...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
The CEO for Cameco says the company is positioning itself to weather the current economic storm. Tim Gitzel made the comments during a conference call following the release of the company’s year-end and fourth quarter results. Gitzel says fewer long-term contracts,...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
A new partnership between the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and the University of Saskatchewan will make it is easier for SIIT business grads to obtain a bachelor of commerce degree. Starting this fall, the U of S will recognize an SIIT business...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
It’s one year later and the Idle No More movement continues to earn recognition. For its work in bringing Indigenous issues to the forefront, Idle No More was given a global citizen award in Saskatoon this weekend. Sheelah McLean, one of Idle No More’s founders,...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2014
The body of a Grandmother’s Bay man who fell through the ice on his snowmobile back in November has been finally recovered. RCMP say that local volunteers found the body of 66-year-old Solomon Roberts in Otter Lake, near Grandmother’s Bay, at around 10:20...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2014
The federal government has announced a major revamp of First Nations education. Today on the Blood Reserve in Alberta, Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to reform the Kingergarten to Grade 12 system on reserves through the First Nations Control of First Nations...
