by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations continues to explore ways of making up a $2 million funding deficit. The funding shortfall is the result of cutbacks by the Harper government. Saskatchewan Tribal Council Vice-Chief Mark Arcand is part of a committee...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives reveals a shocking disparity between the pay rates of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal workers. According to the report, university-educated Aboriginal workers make 44 per cent less in the private sector than...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2014
Changes have been made to the provincial protocol protecting children from abuse. Officials say the protocol has been shortened to make it easier to understand and clearly define the roles of each person in a case of suspected abuse. Social Services Minister Donna...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
A 37-year-old woman from the George Gordon First Nation has been arrested and charged with 17 offences in relation to a fatal crash that killed three people south of Punnichy in May. According to the RCMP, all three victims were in a pickup truck that rear-ended a...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
Fifty-eight per cent of the voting delegates at the Prince Albert Grand Council annual assembly voted to re-elect Ron Michel as Grand Chief today. Running against Michel was Elmer Ballantyne of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. All of the voting delegates made their way...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
The largest non-governmental funder of Indigenous Education will be honouring 14 outstanding Aboriginal Canadians in February, including one from Saskatchewan. The 2015 Indspire Awards will be presented to acknowledge the First Nations, Metis and Inuit achievers....
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
A new strategic partnership has been formed between the province’s largest First Nation and a Saskatoon-based engineering and consulting company. The business development arm of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Kitsaki Development Corporation, has purchased a 25...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
A northern Saskatchewan chief says First Nations leaders need to be fully transparent and accountable to their own members. Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Peter Beatty says he is not sure if the general public should be in that mix. The federal government...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
A scathing report, a high profile resignation and a promise to do better were all part of the latest developments Monday in SaskPower’s ongoing smart meter debacle. The government says it takes the findings of a review very seriously and will act on all...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2014
The federal government says it is going to get tough on bands that fail to comply with the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. The legislation, which requires First Nations to post their financial statements and band council salaries on the government website,...
