by MBC News | May 3, 2013
A family living upstream of Cumberland House is doing what they can to save their home from floodwaters. Rene and Solomon Carriere are putting plywood over their doors and windows and recently moved 22 sled dogs to Nipawin. It’s a 90-minute trip by speed boat...
by MBC News | May 3, 2013
Canada’s correctional investigator continues to blast the federal government for what he says is a complete lack of action on policy recommendations to reduce the high incarceration rates of Aboriginal people in federal prisons. In March, Howard Sapers released a...
by MBC News | May 3, 2013
For many it will be the trip of a lifetime. Thirty-one high school students from northern Saskatchewan will take part in a marathon field trip. They will be riding a bus all day Sunday and arriving at the student residence at the University of Regina later that night....
by MBC News | May 3, 2013
The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is clearing the air about a recent decision to remove — and then reinstate a federation vice-chief. Two weeks ago, Vice-Chief Kimberly Jonathan was removed from office after an appeals board determined...
by MBC News | May 3, 2013
A new report says if governments and business want to successfully pursue resource development, they must “get it right” with First Nations groups. The report, New Beginnings: How Canada’s Natural Resource Wealth Could Re-shape Relations With...
by MBC News | May 3, 2013
A group of academics is calling on all Saskatchewan sports teams to drop outdated Aboriginal logos which they say are racist and offensive. The seven academics are all members of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. Robert Innes, a member...
by MBC News | May 3, 2013
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs is encouraging Registered Status Indians to collect their Treaty Annuity payments. Treaty money which is not collected is held in trust by the federal government, and the amount being held for Saskatchewan is now $3.4 million...
by MBC News | May 3, 2013
Floodwaters are threatening the Beardy’s Okemasis First Nation. Dikes and other portable plastic fences are holding back water on the road into the reserve. Chief Remonda Gardypie says she talked to the regional representative for Aboriginal Affairs last week...
by MBC News | May 2, 2013
The federal government says progress is being made on the crafting of the First Nations Education Act. According to an email from Aboriginal Affairs, the department has received hundreds of responses from First Nations about the act. It’s designed to put in...
by MBC News | May 2, 2013
Warm temperatures this weekend could prove disastrous for some Saskatchewan communities. The provincial government held a flood update this morning where officials say they will be anxiously watching to see how high the mercury climbs. Right now, a total of nine...
