by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
New legislation is being suggested to help improve First Nations student graduation rates and educational outcomes. A First Nations Education Act is just one of the recommendations from the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Committee member Senator...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
A new report by Statistics Canada says nearly a quarter of Saskatchewan residents will be Aboriginal by 2031. According to the numbers, 21 – 24% of the province’s population will be First Nations or Metis. That’s up from 2006, when the percentage was...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Encanto Potash Corporation says its Muskowekewan First Nation partners will be having a second vote to designate land for the exploration and development of a mine. Encanto President and CEO Jim Walchuk says the First Nation’s chief and council has passed a...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Individual rights could be an issue as the Cowessess First Nation formulates a drug policy, according to Chief Grady Lerat. The band has been considering various ways to get rid of drugs on the reserve. Lerat says random drug testing has been suggested. He says the...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Some final numbers from the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation are shedding more light on the kind of year it has been for Saskatchewan commercial fishers. According to the marketing body, just 344 fishers submitted fish to the agency this year — 69 fewer...
by MBC News | Dec 8, 2011
Nine Saskatchewan citizens were invested into the Order of Merit last night, including the chief of the Whitecap Dakota Nation. Chief Darcy Bear says during his 20 years as a councillor and now chief, his community has gone from near bankruptcy and third party...
