by MBC News | Mar 23, 2015
Monica Burns’ body was found murdered northwest of Prince Albert earlier this year. On Monday afternoon, her family and friends took to the streets to honour their deceased loved one. Over 50 people joined Monica’s family in a walk to honour her memory as well as the...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2015
A public inquest will be held next month into a tragedy on Kahkewistahaw First Nation nearly two years ago. In August of 2013, 6 year-old Lee Allen Bonneau had been found badly injured on the reserve and later died. Police ruled his death a homicide and arrested...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2015
The national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples continues to say she has the support of the group’s grassroots members despite dissension in the ranks. Yesterday, Saskatchewan delegate Kim Beaudin released information about a recent CAP board meeting...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2015
Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth is glad the provincial budget has new funding for at-risk children. Bob Pringle is referring to $7.7 million in this year’s budget to address the critical needs of at-risk children, youth and families. The...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2015
Academics at the University of Saskatchewan discussed the role of Indigenous Studies programs Friday morning. The panel discussion, led by Indigenous Studies professors Winona Wheeler and Priscilla Settee, was part of the Think Indigenous Education Conference. Much of...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2015
Dissension in the ranks in the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples continued last week. For the second time in the past 4 months, Kim Beaudin president of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition for Saskatchewan and the provincial representative for CAP, posed a motion to remove...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2015
First Nations groups and northern Saskatchewan organizations are responding to yesterday’s budget with mixed feelings. “We were hopeful more funding would flow our way based on our growing population and that was our concern,” says Federation of...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2015
The Assembly of First Nations is throwing its support behind an alternative federal budget. AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde says the alternative budget would close the gap in the quality of life between First Nations and other Canadians. He notes the documents...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2015
The mayor of Stony Rapids says it is up to communities in Saskatchewan’s far north to build their own sustainability. Daniel Powder says the biggest hurdle facing the communities in the north continues to be jobs and housing, and the provincial government...
by MBC News | Mar 18, 2015
The 2015-2016 provincial budget earmarks $210.5 million dollars towards Aboriginal initiatives — up from just under $190 million last year. One of the big winners is the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, which is getting 24 per cent more in...
