by MBC News | Apr 8, 2013
A technology expert says he hopes a new agreement signed this morning can spur more Aboriginal youth into the high-tech sector. Namir Anani is the president of the Information and Communications Technology Council. The group is a not-for-profit entity that develops...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2013
The Red Pheasant Rebels were crowned champions in the Senior Contact Division of a tournament that’s widely known as the “Native Stanley Cup”. The Rebels defeated Beardy’s 5-3 in yesterday’s final at the 49th Annual Battlefords Indian...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2013
A bomb threat over the weekend forced an evacuation of the Dakota Dunes Casino on the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. Authorities say it was Saturday night that the RCMP received a 9-1-1 call of a bomb inside the building. A search was carried out, but the threat turned...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2013
Two teenagers in Prince Albert have been charged after a violent incident in the West Flat. Police were called out to a report that someone was being held against their will at a house on 15th Street West. However, the occupants refused to answer the door — and...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2013
A Pinehouse elder is objecting to some comments that were made at a nuclear regulatory hearing in Saskatoon. The hearing was in regards to an application by Cameco to acquire a 10-year licence for the Cigar Lake mine. Fred Pederson says he was disturbed to hear local...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2013
The off-reserve unemployment rate for Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal workers now stands at 12.2%. That’s down from nearly 16% a year ago. Today, Statistics Canada released the latest job numbers, which show Saskatchewan has the lowest unemployment rate in the country...
