by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
A Battlefords courtroom clapped enthusiastically on Tuesday as Paul Leroux was convicted of multiple sex crimes. The former boys’ dormitory supervisor, who was employed at the Beauval Indian Residential School in the 1960’s, was found guilty of eight counts of...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
Record numbers of people are working in Saskatchewan and weekly earnings are at an all-time high, but the number of people using food banks is also way up. This year, more than 22,000 people will use food banks in the province, many for the first time. That is down...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
The court case pitting suspended Metis Nation – Saskatchewan area directors and Vice-President Gerald Morin against President Robert Doucette will be argued three months from now. Lawyers for both parties met today to discuss the new application taken against...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
Teachers, professors and community leaders are in Prince Albert today for the start of a two-day conference on northern education. Educators from throughout the province’s north are swapping best practices and ideas on how to improve student outcomes. Co-chair...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
A Canadian diamond company is announcing positive results from a summer drilling project in Saskatchewan’s north. During June and July, North Arrow completed 10 drill holes at the Pikoo Project, located about 120 km east of La Ronge. CEO Ken Armstrong says test...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
A project to map the sites of former residential schools across Canada needs volunteers to make it a reality. The effort is a partnership involving the Assembly of First Nations and the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. AFN Policy Analyst Kathy Kettler says the goal is...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
The parliamentary secretary for Aboriginal Affairs helped kick off an Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Conference in Ottawa this morning. Mark Strahl told the delegates the government is committed to First Nations employment, and is actively trying to help on-reserve youth...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2013
A business expert says there is currently not enough importance being placed on financial literacy skills. Terry Goodtrack is the president of the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association. He says finances affect everyone from people buying groceries to the CEOs of...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2013
The chief of the Black Lake First Nation says he’s thrilled cell-service is finally coming to his community. Chief Ricky Robillard says up to now, people in the Far North have been forced to watch the rest of society enjoy the benefits of wireless communication....
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2013
RCMP have charged a 19 year-old man with the 2nd-degree murder of a woman in Pelican Narrows. John Bob Glen Custer appeared in a Prince Albert courtroom this morning. He is alleged to have strangled and killed 40 year-old Heather Ballantyne, whose body was discovered...
