by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says the federal government’s new safe drinking water act violates treaty rights, provides insufficient funding to enforce standards and has been passed without proper consultation. The organization adds the new...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
A northern Saskatchewan elder who developed a Cree language dictionary is being remembered for his knowledge of the language. Colin Charles of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band passed away earlier this week at the age of 93. Lois Dalby worked with Charles at the...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
The province announced a half million-dollar strategy this morning aimed at reducing Saskatchewan’s tuberculosis infection rates. The plan aims to reduce tuberculosis by 25 per cent over the next five years by increasing prevention education, diagnosis and enhancing...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
A band councillor with the Pasqua First Nation, located east of Regina, says funding to help First Nations people with disabilities is not winding up in the hands of the people who need it the most. Lindsay Cyr says that issue will be addressed at a Saskatchewan First...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
A temporary solution has been found for students at a Regina inner city school who lost their gym a few months ago after it was deemed structurally unsound. Work will begin soon to convert a neighboring building into a gym. The cost will be about $1.5 million, with...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
Two academics say when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau went toe-to-toe with Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau last year; it was much more than a simple charity boxing bout. Kim Anderson, of Wilfred Laurier University, and Brendan Hokowhitu, of the University of...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
A male youth from Little Black Bear First Nation is facing a charge of attempted murder after an assault earlier this week. The incident, which took place at a home on the Okanese First Nation, was reported early Monday morning. Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP say it is...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan researcher says the residential school system, 60’s scoop and now inadequate child welfare policies have all served to normalize a culture where it is seen as acceptable for the state to take away Aboriginal children from their families....
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a pilot en route to La Ronge died in a crash in British Columbia yesterday afternoon. The victim is a 55-year-old former La Ronge resident. Officials say the Cessna twin engine aircraft took off from the...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2013
Cameco has been given the green light to begin production at its long-awaited Cigar Lake uranium mine. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has issued a mining licence to the company authorizing the construction and operation of its Cigar Lake Project. In its...
