by MBC News | Feb 3, 2014
Some tough questions are being asked about how climate change will impact the Boreal forest. A comprehensive review of the topic was recently published by 16 Canadian scientists. Mark Johnston, who works for the Saskatchewan Research Council and was one of the...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2014
Making positive change was the topic of discussion at a Saskatoon event this past weekend. Saskatoon Change Makers was put on by the Broadbent Institute and featured University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union President Max Fine Day and Erica Lee of Idle No More as...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2014
The domestic violence treatment option program exists today thanks to two judges who met at an Aboriginal law conference a decade-and-a-half ago. The program began in North Battleford in the early part of the millennium and is now also offered in both Saskatoon and...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2014
A group of Saskatchewan First Nations is receiving $3.2 million from the federal government to assist with on-reserve youth job training. The Battlefords, Meadow Lake, Saskatoon and Yorkton tribal councils and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are all taking part in the...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2014
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says the federal government wants to get out of the business of funding political organizations and focus more on what it says are the core needs of Indigenous people. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations laid off...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2014
Cameco is selling out its stake in a southwestern Ontario nuclear power company. The Saskatchewan uranium company announced Friday morning it is selling its 31.6 per cent share in Bruce Power to Borealis for $450 million. Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel says the company felt...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2014
There is some good news in the latest flu numbers but there is also a warning. As of Friday, there are nearly 1,200 lab confirmed cases of flu, 60 people remain in intensive care in hospital and there have been 16 deaths. The province’s deputy chief medical health...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2014
It’s been a tough few days for employees at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. Sixty-six of them, which is pretty much the entire workforce, have received layoff notices effective Mar. 31. The organization says the layoffs are in response to federal...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2014
The North American Indigenous Games got a quarter million dollar boost Thursday thanks to a generous donation from the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. It is the largest corporate donation to date and organizers are hoping it will encourage other sponsors to come...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2014
The province is investing $300,000 over three years to help low-income individuals in Saskatoon access legal services. The money is being given to the Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City. CLASSIC provides legal assistance to low-income clients...
