by MBC News | Nov 22, 2011
The new First Nations pavilion held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. Drums and dancers, flute players and prayers all celebrated the very first time First Nations culture has had a place at the annual agricultural...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2011
The looming downfall of the Canadian Wheat Board could be a golden opportunity for an Aboriginal grain company. Gordon Rauscher is the president of the First Nations Grain Commission. Originally launched out of the Hobbema reserve in Alberta, the company recently set...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2011
Saskatchewan’s lone Liberal MP says his party is considering opening up nominations for new candidates to the general public. Ralph Goodale says the idea is laid out in his party’s recent roadmap to political renewal. In 2008, the party was embroiled in...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2011
A liaison worker from the George Gordon First Nation, a St. John’s certified medical first responder from the Pasqua First Nation, and a hockey and baseball coach from the Piapot First Nation were just some of the recipients at this past weekend’s Women of...
by MBC News | Nov 22, 2011
About 500 people participated in a feast and round dance in North Battleford this past weekend to honour residential school survivors. The event was organized by the Sunchild Law Office of the Battlefords area. The firm represents about 700 residential school...
by MBC News | Nov 21, 2011
Investigators are on the scene of a fatal house fire on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. Two bodies have been pulled from the wreckage, while a four-year-old girl is being treated in hospital for smoke inhalation. The blaze occurred sometime after 1:30 this morning....
