by MBC News | Dec 12, 2012
More than 400 people packed into the Ramada Inn in Saskatoon on Monday to protest the way the Harper government is treating First Nations people. Aboriginal people are taking issue with the Conservative government over how it is failing to honour Indigenous rights in...
by MBC News | Dec 12, 2012
An interim report by the Joint Task Force on Improving Education and Employment Outcomes for First Nations and Métis People was released in Saskatoon on Monday. Some of the themes that emerge in Voice, Vision and Leadership include the need for the inclusion of...
by MBC News | Dec 12, 2012
There’s a new chief on the Flying Dust First Nation. Robert Merasty defeated incumbent leader Jim Norman 191 votes to 123. He now begins a 2 year-term. Incumbent councillors Percy Derocher, Marie Gladue and Jeremy Norman were also re-elected. They are joined by fellow...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2012
A search for a missing man in Sandy Bay has ended in tragedy. RCMP have confirmed today that the body of 38-year-old Darcy Merasty was found on Friday afternoon. An exhaustive door-to-door search was made last week for Merasty after he disappeared Tuesday night. He...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2012
An injunction is being filed against a mining agreement between the Northern Village of Pinehouse and Cameco and Areva. The deal in question is due to be signed sometime this month, and promises jobs and economic benefits to the community. There is a clause in a draft...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2012
The Harper government finds itself under attack today over its alleged failure to recognize Indigenous human rights. Today is World Human Rights Day and it is being marked by more than a dozen protest rallies across Canada, including ones in Saskatoon and North...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a northern man wrapped up yesterday with the jury recommending RCMP undergo increased police training in risk assessment and analysis in order to avoid similar situations in the future. Harry Haineault was fatally shot by RCMP...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
There is renewed frustration over an unfulfilled promise to build an all-season road linking the community of Wollaston Lake to the rest of the province. This comes as plans for another all-season road linking two uranium mines is moving ahead as scheduled. NDP...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
RCMP in Sandy Bay are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. 38 year-old Darcy Merasty was last seen on Tuesday night leaving a friend’s place. He is described as being five-foot-nine, one hundred and seventy pounds with an average build....
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2012
For the first time in several years oilsands rights have been sold in a Crown land sale in Saskatchewan. About $1 million dollars has been paid for two, 5-year permits on parcels of land just north of the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range. Ministry of Economy spokesman...
