by MBC News | May 22, 2013
An ambitious new project is taking shape in Prince Albert to preserve and promote First Nations history and culture. The Prince Albert Grand Council is launching a virtual museum to show life prior to residential schools, during their operation and after they closed....
by MBC News | May 22, 2013
A spokesman with the provincial government says they’re willing to listen to concerns from a Northern First Nation regarding a new provincial park. This week the Lac La Ronge Indian Band said it wasn’t happy with the level of consultation it was getting...
by bryanorthner | May 22, 2013
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by MBC News | May 22, 2013
Forty-five students from Saskatchewan’s far north got a chance to take in some of the Memorial Cup tournament’s hottest action on Wednesday night when the Saskatoon Blades took on the Portland Winterhawks. The students from schools in Black Lake, Fond du Lac and...
by MBC News | May 21, 2013
A scandal on the Pheasant Rump first nation in South-east Saskatchewan has torn the small community apart. The chief, Terrence McArthur, has admitted to inappropriately touching a teenaged girl on the reserve in April of 2012. He will be sentenced in a Carlyle...
by MBC News | May 21, 2013
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is objecting to how a new provincial park has been created. Great Blue Heron Park is located in the Anglin and Emma lake area and expected to begin operating this summer. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says her people are concerned about...
by MBC News | May 21, 2013
Members of the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation will go to the polls to elect a new chief and council on May 31. Incumbent chief Bart Tsannie is being challenged by Nancy Hansen Joseyounen and Edward Benoanie. Eleven candidates are also running for six council positions. Paul...
by MBC News | May 17, 2013
The head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says Elijah Harper changed the face of Canadian politics. Harper, best remembered as the Manitoba MLA who cast the vote against the Meech Lake Accord thereby stopping the controversial constitutional agreement...
by MBC News | May 17, 2013
A fire-investigator says he still runs into cases of people who light fires in the bush hoping to spark employment. Ken Ness is teaching a wildfire-origin course in Prince Albert. A long-time expert on what causes fires, he says there are many motives for setting...
by MBC News | May 17, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says a growing First Nations population will put increased demand on the province’s water supply. Suren Kulshreshtha, a professor in the Department of Agriculture, was presenting Friday morning at the National Food Security Forum...
