by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
Preventing young Aboriginal people from entering gang life is the topic of discussion at a Saskatoon conference this week. The two-day “10,000 Healing Steps: Resilience and Community” conference, hosted by STR8-UP, wraps up today. Dr. Mark Totten, who...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation is honouring the Idle No More movement with a 2014 Global Citizen Award. The award was created in 1990 to recognize individuals and groups who are committed to international cooperation and peace. SCIC...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
The Native Women’s Association of Canada says it hopes new research that shows 824 Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered will spark fresh debate in Canada. President Michele Audette says she wants to meet with the woman who compiled the database....
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2014
Some of the main reasons why not enough houses are being built on First Nations reserves was discussed last night at a Senate committee meeting in Ottawa. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples heard from Canada’s auditor general. Michael Ferguson...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2014
Provincial cabinet ministers were fielding a lot of questions from the North during the bear pit session at the SUMA convention in Regina. There were flooding concerns from Cumberland house and questions about how the provinces growth strategy could better serve the...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2014
The Saskatoon Public School Board says it needs to do more consultation before making any decisions on the Bedford Road Collegiate logo. A delegation appeared before a packed and at times emotional school board meeting last night arguing the school’s Redmen logo is...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2014
The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Homelessness Advisory Board is working to make communities aware of federal funding for housing projects which will soon be available. The money is available through Services Canada under the Housing First Approach, and applications will be...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2014
The Liberal Party is scoping out potential candidates to run in the riding of Desnethe-Missinipi Churchill River. A constituency meeting is planned for Sunday in Prince Albert to discuss this and other issues. Although an election isn’t scheduled to take place...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2014
A resolution calling on SaskPower to provide every northern community with a backup generator to lessen the impact of power outages was passed at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention Tuesday. With only one power line going into northern...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2014
Battlefords RCMP have charged two men with second degree murder in connection with a homicide that occurred on the Moosomin First Nation this past weekend. Nineteen-year-old Taryn Lee Cote of Saulteaux First Nation and 18-year-old Troy Andrew Swiftwolfe of Moosomin...
