by MBC News | Nov 20, 2015
The Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario has spent more than a decade indigenizing the school. The Vice-Provost of Aboriginal Initiatives says executive leadership is key to indigenizing post-secondary institutions. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux made her comments on...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2015
The Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation announced the winner of this year’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. Points Athabasca FHQ Contracting, based out of Regina, was named the winner for its work in economic development. Board chair Edmund Bellegarde says the company...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2015
Starting Thursday night, the La Ronge RCMP is going to be on the lookout for young people out late at night. The town has had bylaw that sets an 11 p.m. curfew for youths under the age of 18 since 2005, but police resources haven’t always been available to...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2015
Thursday was a difficult day in Regina Provincial Court for the mother of a 27-year-old man stabbed to death on the Piapot First Nation near Regina last month. Melady Crowe and her family are still having trouble coming to grips with the loss of Melady’s son, Justin...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2015
Organizations in Saskatchewan’s four biggest cities are gearing up to support nearly 2,000 incoming Syrian refugees before year’s end. On Friday, the federal government’s Citizens and Immigration office held a phone conference with Prince Albert YWCA’s...
by MBC News | Nov 19, 2015
The people of the Black Lake First Nation have spoken — and they want to proceed with a mayor hydro project. Members of the band voted 63% in favour of the Tazi Twe Hydroelectric Project in a referendum held Wednesday. Forty-four per cent of eligible voters cast...
by MBC News | Nov 18, 2015
The Court of Appeals has ruled that a violent criminal from northern Saskatchewan is too big of a threat to public safety to serve only a three-year sentence. In a decision released on Wednesday, Saskatchewan Court of Appeals Justice Caldwell wrote that public is only...
by MBC News | Nov 18, 2015
Student leaders from the University of Saskatchewan held a rally on Wednesday to support the call for an inquiry for missing and murdered indigenous women. The president of the Indigenous Student Council, Feather Pewapisconias-McKee says the organizers talked about...
by MBC News | Nov 18, 2015
The provincial government wants to make a major move towards privatization of liquor stores, but it is holding off on the plans until after next April’s provincial election. Liquor and gaming minister Don McMorris laid out the plans on Wednesday morning. They involve...
by MBC News | Nov 18, 2015
A new documentary looks at the dark legacy of the Canadian government’s “pass system.” The pass system was a method used by local Indian agents for over six decades to restrict the movement of First Nations people on and off their home reserves. The film is produced...
