by MBC News | May 20, 2015
Students from across the Treaty 6 territory spent the day in North Battleford learning about their neighbouring communities. A dozen schools took part in the first ever gathering that shared community history and interesting facts from each of the 12 bands that took...
by MBC News | May 20, 2015
Three Saskatchewan based post-secondary schools are among the most recent institutions to sign onto the Indigenous Education Protocol. The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, North West College and Saskatchewan Polytechnic say they signed the document to...
by MBC News | May 19, 2015
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 70-year-old man in Melfort. Early Monday morning, RCMP found the body of Alpheus Burns in his house. Later that day, RCMP say Candace Gail Moostoos turned herself in and was charged with...
by MBC News | May 19, 2015
An activist group from Prince Albert is inviting people to stand up against violence and abuse toward women. RISE up Prince Albert held a kickoff event this morning to raise awareness on several events coming up in the city focusing on the issue. Conrad Burns, one of...
by MBC News | May 19, 2015
A forest fire near Black Lake in northern Saskatchewan has been contained. About 34 firefighters and a helicopter are battling the 668-hectare blaze. On Friday, about 600 residents of the community of the Black Lake were evacuated from their homes and a local fishing...
by MBC News | May 19, 2015
Students from the Treaty 6 territory spent the morning learning about communities like the Sweetgrass First Nation. The principal of the Sweetgrass school is pointing to pictures of Chief Sweetgrass and Strike-Him-On-The-Back. Janet Smith says Chief Sweetgrass’...
by MBC News | May 15, 2015
Two male youths charged in relation to the murder of a 17-year-old in Pelican Narrows First Nation have been released on bail. The boys are among seven people charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of Hilliard Sewap, Jr. Police found Hilliard in...
by MBC News | May 15, 2015
It’s too early to say how long a downtown pharmacy and medical clinic in La Ronge will be closed following a fire this morning. Both the Harbour Pharmacy and La Ronge Medical Clinic have been closed until further notice. La Ronge fire chief Ron Pratt says the...
by MBC News | May 15, 2015
Cameco has been presented a national award for their work in getting First Nations and Metis people in the workforce. The first ever Indigenous Workplace Inclusion awards were given out in Toronto yesterday and Cameco received the award for Enterprise-Wide leadership...
by MBC News | May 15, 2015
A group of residents from Southend will spend the weekend planting gardens with soil imported from the south. A partnership between the Thakoitan Economic Development Corporation and Cameco helped buy seeds, soil and lumber to build garden boxes. This weekend about 56...