by MBC News | Dec 17, 2015
The File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council is dismayed the chief of the Regina Police Service believes there are no racists within his police force. Last week, Troy Hagen made his comments in response to the RCMP admitting the Mounties have racists within their...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2015
The October federal election is going to cost taxpayers a lot more than originally planned. Elections Canada says the initial budget was about $375 million to operate a standard election. Spokesperson John Enright says the average campaign period is 37 days, but this...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2015
A La Ronge resident is making a drastic career change after years of seeing the vicious cycle alcohol has created in his community. Harold Johnson ran a private practice before becoming a Crown prosecutor eight years ago. He says alcohol plays a role in 95 per cent of...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2015
Regina police are offering $100,000 in reward money in the hopes of solving two disturbing cases. One of them is the disappearance of five year old Tamra Keepness in 2004. She went missing from her home. Police chief Troy Hagen says leads are still coming in. He says...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2015
Police Chief Troy Hagen (centre) at Wednesday’s Regina Police Commission meeting. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. It is not often that delegations appear before the Regina Police Commission, but on Wednesday there were four. All of them are opposed to police using a...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2015
A city that struggles with alcoholism is divided over the idea of opening a private liquor store. Prince Albert is one of 12 areas the province sees as “underserved” with alcohol retailing. The Sask. Liquor and Gaming Authority minister sent a letter to...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2015
On Tuesday, the Truth and Reconciliation Committee turned its final page in alerting Canada to the legacy of Indian Residential Schools, and calling for action to heal the damage done through systemic assimilation. The TRC committee was formed as the result of the...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2015
Earlier this month, Mamawetan Churchill River Health Authority got a detailed look at the band’s work to curb suicide rates. Lac La Ronge Chief Tammy Cook-Searson shared the findings of a wellness centre feasibility study, and revealed the band’s mental...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2015
The University of Saskatchewan’s director of aboriginal initiatives, Candace Wasacase-Lafferty says the colours, red, yellow, white and blue used in Gordon Oakes Redbear Student Centre are the colours used by the family of the late Cree elder. The official grand...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2015
Photo courtesy TRC_en on Twitter The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released its final report following its fact-finding mission looking into Indian Residential Schools. The commission is calling on Ottawa to pass a law establishing aboriginal education...
