by MBC News | Oct 10, 2013
Sparring sides within the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan were in a Saskatoon courtroom this morning. A group of provincial council members had put forward a court injunction application trying to stop a legislative assembly meeting called by MNS President Robert...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
Some hard questions are being asked about airships and their viability in northern Canada. About a hundred people are on hand for a two-day conference in Winnipeg about the ships and their ability to haul hundreds of tonnes in freight. The ships essentially look like...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
A single mom and her three girls will soon be moving into their new home in North Central Regina. Not only is it their first new home, it is the first home of its kind in the province. Trina Pelltier and her three daughters are anxious to move in. That will happen...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
A delegation of education officials continues a tour of the province’s north today with stops in Fond du Lac, Uranium City and Stony Rapids. The group includes University of Regina President Vianne Timmons and the university’s deans of nursing, education...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
Regina police are worried about the safety of a missing 16-year-old girl. Clarissa Faye Custer has been missing from her home on Montreal Street since Monday afternoon. She recently moved to Regina and left the home without any belongings or money. Police say she does...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
A veteran in the world of international development is voicing both optimism and caution about a relatively new leveraging system known as microfinance. Last Saturday, dozens of social innovators, economic officials and First Nations leaders met in Toronto to discuss...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
The federal government has launched a new website it says will give both government and industry a better sense of which Aboriginal communities they need to contact before embarking on activities across Canada. The Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Information System maps...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2013
Friends and family of Ricky Bear erupted into cheers in a Prince Albert courtroom Tuesday as the man accused of killing the Muskoday First Nation member two years ago was convicted of second-degree murder. It took a jury a little over 90 minutes to come back with a...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2013
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says a multi-million-dollar tax fight between Cameco and the Canada Revenue Agency is an example of why Canada’s corporate tax structure needs an overhaul. The uranium giant is accused of avoiding up to $850 million in federal...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2013
A group that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs since 1969 is now offering its services to First Nations that want to set up a community action plan for themselves. The Canadian Executive Service Organization is a not-for-profit group that specializes in equipping...
