by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
Police have charged a suspect in the death of a Regina man. Thirty-five-year-old Melvin Severight faces a count of second-degree murder. The incident happened on March 29. That’s when officers responded to a report of a seriously injured man on Wascana Street....
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
A huge powwow scheduled for this weekend is the first casualty of a labour dispute at Regina’s Exhibition Park. The First Nations University of Canada’s 35th Annual Spring Celebration Powwow has now been postponed until May 11th because of a threatened...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
An application to begin uranium production at the Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan was the topic of discussion this morning at a public hearing in Saskatoon. Cameco has been building the mine for some time, but would like to begin operations at the end of the...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is going to use new technology to track who is voting where in the coming band election. The First Nation — one of the largest in the province — has over 10,000 band members who mostly live in eight communities throughout...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
The chief of the Onion Lake Cree Nation says he has received word his band will be receiving funding on April 10. The band had been told it must sign onto a new funding agreement or there would be no direct deposit this week — something Wallace Fox says it...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
Golden Band Resources is reporting a $7.4 million loss in the quarter ending January 31. This, despite bringing in $6.4 million in revenues from gold sales generated by its holdings in the La Ronge Gold Belt. In the same quarter a year earlier, Golden Band recorded a...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
Premier Brad Wall is standing by some recent comments he made regarding northern employment. At the recent Premier’s Dinner in Prince Albert, Wall said Cameco was the best “program” for First Nations and Metis people. He said the uranium giant has...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission began two days of public hearings in Saskatoon on Wednesday morning. On the agenda are applications by uranium company Cameco to obtain a licence to operate a mine at Cigar Lake and renew an application to continue...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
Controlling the message is key and this is something John Lagimodiere tries to teach to Indigenous organizations. Lagimodiere runs Aboriginal Consulting Services and was speaking last night in Saskatoon as part of a presentation on Indigenous governance. He says when...
by MBC News | Apr 3, 2013
Nominations are now being accepted for the 15th Annual SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence. The nomination deadline is April 12th, and the awards will be presented May 24th at TCU Place in Saskatoon. Colleen Cameron is the awards chair. Cameron says the...
