by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
Three Saskatchewan First Nations are taking the federal government to task for what they say are delays in resolving Treaty Land Entitlement payments. Mistawasis, Ahtahkakoop, and Sakimay First Nations say they have been waiting three years for the federal government...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
A Ministry of Justice policy analyst says resentment must end when looking at solutions to the overrepresentation of First Nations people from northern Saskatchewan at all levels of the justice system. David Gullickson spoke about the disheartening trend of the high...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
A Regina Liberal MP is calling a major $5.8 billion infrastructure announcement by the Harper government Monday little more than the repackaging of previous spending commitments. Ralph Goodale says this includes the federal government’s $500 million pledge to First...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
Delegates from across Canada and as far away as Florida are at the Indigenous Agriculture Summit which is being held in conjunction with Agribition this week. They are hearing first hand success stories and learning the ins and outs of how to access government...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
Invasive mussel species were detrimental in Lake Winnipeg last year and the Ministry of Environment is warning of the dangers to Saskatchewan lakes. Representatives from the ministry spoke at the 2014 Fisheries Conference in Prince Albert Tuesday morning about the...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
Commercial fishers in Saskatchewan are meeting in Prince Albert today to discuss the challenges of their industry. The 2014 Saskatchewan Co-operative Fisheries Ltd. Conference is taking place with an emphasis on finding new buyers for northern Saskatchewan fish....
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
The Harper government announced a number of new infrastructure funding projects Monday including half a billion dollars to repair and build on-reserve schools. A total of $6 billion will be spent over the next three years. The government has invested a total of $9.2...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2014
The head of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan is calling for Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Betty Ann Lavallee to step down. AACS President Kim Beaudin will be putting forward a motion at a CAP board meeting on Dec. 3 calling for the...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2014
Sentencing arguments are underway for a 19-year-old teen for his role in a gruesome and vicious double murder on the Standing Buffalo First Nation in the fall of 2012. The teen has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder but in his statements to RCMP he...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2014
A new national report on child poverty echoes the findings of a recent Saskatchewan report. The Campaign 2000 Annual Child Poverty Report entitled Child Poverty 25 years Later: We Can Fix This states that federal and provincial governments need to take leadership to...
