by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
Policing and social services agencies working collaboratively is the focus of a new Saskatoon program aimed at keeping Aboriginal youth out of gangs. The Saskatoon HUB, which is set to open in about a month or so, will see various agencies working under one roof as...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
Preventing young Aboriginal people from entering gang life is the topic of discussion at a Saskatoon conference this week. The two-day “10,000 Healing Steps: Resilience and Community” conference, hosted by STR8-UP, wraps up today. Dr. Mark Totten, who...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation is honouring the Idle No More movement with a 2014 Global Citizen Award. The award was created in 1990 to recognize individuals and groups who are committed to international cooperation and peace. SCIC...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
The Native Women’s Association of Canada says it hopes new research that shows 824 Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered will spark fresh debate in Canada. President Michele Audette says she wants to meet with the woman who compiled the database....
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
Some of the main reasons why not enough houses are being built on First Nations reserves was discussed last night at a Senate committee meeting in Ottawa. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples heard from Canada’s auditor general. Michael Ferguson...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2014
Provincial cabinet ministers were fielding a lot of questions from the North during the bear pit session at the SUMA convention in Regina. There were flooding concerns from Cumberland house and questions about how the provinces growth strategy could better serve the...
