by MBC News | May 9, 2013
Diversity was the topic of discussion on Thursday at the University of Saskatchewan’s Leadership Conference. This part of the conference featured a panel discussion hosted by Saskatoon Health Region CEO Maura Davies. Becky Sasakamoose Kuffner, one of the panel...
by MBC News | May 9, 2013
Thirteen Saskatchewan communities are still in a state of emergency because of spring flooding — including six First Nations. Colin King is the province’s deputy commissioner of emergency management and fire safety. King says the James Smith Cree Nation...
by MBC News | May 9, 2013
There was a school fight in the Saskatchewan Legislature today. Politicians were doing battle over the state of an inner city school gym in Regina. It was deemed unsafe and closed last month. About 75% of the students at Sacred Heart elementary school are...
by MBC News | May 9, 2013
A school on a Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve was evacuated this morning. A technician from SaskEnergy was called to Bell’s Point Elementary in the La Ronge area after a gas smell was reported outside the facility. SaskEnergy spokesperson Dave Burdeniuk...
by MBC News | May 9, 2013
The federal government is admitting it badly underestimated the number of children that were physically and sexually abused at Indian residential schools. Aboriginal Affairs official Andrew Saranchuk says original government estimates put the number of former...
by MBC News | May 9, 2013
The NDP opposition and Sask Party government continued to spar in the legislature Wednesday over the government’s decision to replace employees in fire towers with cameras. The government has said on a number of occasions that it is only following in the footsteps of...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013
A 28-year-old man from Montreal Lake is accused of killing a three-year-old boy. Martin Abel Bird appeared in Prince Albert court on a charge of second-degree murder Wednesday morning. The toddler was rushed to hospital April 7 but died an hour later. An autopsy was...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013
Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal population is the fastest growing and youngest segment of the provincial population. New numbers from Statistics Canada for 2011 put the Aboriginal population in the province at just under 160,000, or 15.6 per cent of the total population....
by MBC News | May 8, 2013
Fourteen Saskatchewan communities, including six First Nations, are still under a state of emergency because of spring flooding. Deputy commissioner of emergency planning Colin King says a big area of concern is the James Smith Cree Nation, south of Nipawin. He says...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013
The Liberal critic for Aboriginal Affairs says the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission needs to be extended. The TRC’s five-year mandate is due to wrap up in July of next year. However, Carolyn Bennett says she thinks the government needs to talk to the...
