by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
The SJHL has reportedly told the Onion Lake Cree Nation it won’t be getting an expansion team. The community had applied for a franchise, but was apparently told no — over concerns there’s not enough people living in the community. The SJHL wants at...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is gearing up for a long-awaited election. It has been five years since Metis citizens in the province went to the polls to choose their leaders. Five people are challenging incumbent president Robert Doucette for the chance to...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
A northern Saskatchewan wild rice marketer estimates 10% of this year’s harvest recently blew away. Lynn Riese owns Riese’s Canadian Lake Wild Rice. Riese says wild rice producers usually get about five picks per harvest — but about half of the first...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
The provincial NDP gathered in Prince Albert Thursday to swap ideas and hear from constituents during the party’s annual caucus meeting. Lunch with the mayor was followed by a tour of a community centre in the West Flat and a public meeting. Interim leader John...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
Saskatchewan’s Education minister says he is concerned about the lack of federal funding for First Nations schools. Russ Marchuk has written a letter to the federal Aboriginal Affairs minister asking him to honour the government’s commitment to provide...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
Visits to the La Ronge Health Centre’s emergency department rose 4.5% during the first quarter of the fiscal year. Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority CEO Andrew McLetchie says they’ve checked into that spike. At the moment, it appears to...
