by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
The Bell of Batoche is coming home, but only for a visit. On Friday, a Metis group held a news conference in Winnipeg to announce the bell, which has been missing for 22 years, will be returned to Batoche for a special mass and celebration on July 20. After that, it...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
A bill to amend the Indian Act has been delayed, at least for now. Bill C-428 is the brainchild of northern Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke. Clarke maintains the act is archaic and badly in need of repair. For several months now, the bill has worked its way through the...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
A man from the Pelican Lake First Nation has the next four years to reflect on a violent incident at a bar that sent him to jail for manslaughter. On Friday, 39-year-old Frederick Charles was given a four-year sentence for causing the death of his brother-in-law Jones...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
Preparations are underway for the 16th Annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest. The festival takes place August 8th to 11th, just southwest of Saskatoon. Festival organizer Vicki Arcand says there will be a lot to take in at this year’s event, including a new cultural...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2013
The massing flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Alberta is expected to impact Saskatchewan in the next couple of days. The Water Security Agency says record inflows from Alberta will cause flooding along the South Saskatchewan River. The agency says more than 6,000...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2013
A group of Walkers from Stanley Mission was in Ottawa today and took part in National Aboriginal Day activities. Their walk called “A Sacred Journey For Future Generations” was started three-months ago in support of the Idle No More movement and to express opposition...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2013
For many it’s been a long wait, but it appears work on the Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Centre is finally moving forward. The University of Saskatchewan held the official sod turning for the centre on Friday morning, which will provide a number of services once completed –...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2013
A new set of artworks honouring Indian residential schools survivors was unveiled in Saskatoon on Thursday afternoon. The “Child Taken” project is a partnership between the Saskatoon Tribal Council, University of Saskatchewan and Truth and Reconciliation Commission of...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2013
About 200 graduates packed into Prairieland Park in Saskatoon on Thursday afternoon for the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies convocation ceremonies. Graduates in such programs as business administration, childcare and carpentry accepted their diplomas and...
by MBC News | Jun 20, 2013
Conservation officers have set out live traps after reports of seven bears wandering into public areas in the La Ronge region this week. Wednesday afternoon, a three-year-old male black bear was destroyed by conservation officers after wandering close to Gordon Denny...
