by MBC News | Nov 13, 2014
A Regina Liberal MP is giving the Harper government a failing grade on its fall fiscal update. Ralph Goodale says the fiscal update is evidence of the Conservatives’ skewed economic priorities as the government has chosen to blow money on a flawed income splitting tax...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2014
A group of bands says it has no intention of complying with the Harper government’s First Nations Financial Transparency Act. The legislation requires First Nations to post their financial statements and chief and council salaries on the government’s website. The...
by MBC News | Nov 12, 2014
A 66-year-old man from Wollaston Lake has died after falling through the ice in northern Saskatchewan. Police say the man and a 64-year-old man were snowmobiling yesterday near Peter Lake when they fell through the ice. The younger man was able to get out of the...
by MBC News | Nov 12, 2014
The head of indigenization at the University of Regina is not surprised by the results of a survey that finds Prairie residents are the least tolerant of Aboriginal people. The poll was commissioned by the CBC. It examined a broad range of issues dealing from...
by MBC News | Nov 12, 2014
It came within days of closing, but some last-minute funding from the provincial government will keep Kate’s Place open in Regina. It is a long-term safe house that provides safe, stable and supportive housing for women enrolled in the Regina Drug Treatment...
by MBC News | Nov 12, 2014
Candidates running for the Assembly of First Nations leadership are adding their names to the growing list of organizations calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. So far, the Harper government has rebuked all calls for such an...
by MBC News | Nov 12, 2014
There was a cheque presentation made this morning at MBC’s headquarters in La Ronge. Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal Radio Network is once again receiving over $318,000 from Heritage Canada towards providing Cree and Dene language programming. MBC is one of...
by MBC News | Nov 11, 2014
Southend RCMP say five teens reported missing last week after a hunting trip are now back home safe. The four boys and one girl ranging in age from 13 to 17 left in two boats last Tuesday to hunt moose. They were reported missing late Thursday evening when they did...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2014
RCMP say they believe the five missing teens from Southend have been located. The teens have been missing for almost a week in the Reindeer Lake area. The Civilian Area Search and Rescue spotted five people on the shoreline of Malcolm Island, about 10 kilometres south...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2014
A 75-year-old woman was killed in a single vehicle rollover near the Sakimay First Nation on the weekend. Police say an SUV was traveling on a grid road about 6:40 p.m. Saturday evening when it entered the ditch and rolled. The woman was thrown from the vehicle and...