by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
This month, a Prince Albert inmate entered a guilty plea to assault and requested a penitentiary sentence before telling a judge, “I just want to get this thing over with.” Alfred Horace Young, 34, was serving time in a provincial facility when he attacked a fellow...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
An independent think tank says modern-day land claims are driving away resource development. The Fraser Institute says the courts are exercising too much discretion extending the agreements far beyond what was intended. The Institute used investment in the Yukon as an...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
If a Metis local leader has his way, a general assembly this weekend will see a controversial motion. Earlier this month, Green Lake Metis Nation president Kelvin Roy was part of a call to hold a Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) general assembly. The agenda for...
by MBC News | Sep 24, 2015
Other areas of the province might take cell service for granted, but that’s not so in Wollaston Lake and Fond Du Lac First Nation. On Thursday, brand new cell towers in the two northern Saskatchewan communities took them from “little to no cellular service” to...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
Cameco officially opened one of the largest uranium mines in the world on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Cigar Lake mine. The grand opening comes after years of delays including flooding that threatened the multi-million dollar project. The...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
The province is committing another five years of funding for two programs that have allowed northern students to earn university degrees close to home. NORTEP provides aboriginal-specific teacher education degree programs with northern and Indigenous content. NORPAC...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
Statistics on aboriginal incarceration in Saskatchewan present strong odds that aboriginal youth have a better chance of ending up in jail than graduating from high school. The aboriginal graduation rate is about 40 per cent, while aboriginals make up 80 per cent of...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
On Wednesday, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde told a crowd of aboriginal youths they will play a key role in helping to “close the gap” in the quality of life between aboriginals and non-aboriginals. Bellegarde spoke to the FSIN Youth...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
Cameco and Areva’s official opening of their Cigar Lake and McClean Lake uranium production sites was more than a decade in the making. The celebrations comes after more than a year of ore production, and approximately a decade of construction fraught with...
by MBC News | Sep 23, 2015
At least three former First Nation Chiefs are gunning for the Office of the Second Vice-Chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. There could be more candidates announcing as the deadline to file candidate papers is still days away. The office became...
