by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012
The Truth and Reconciliation Commisssion is holding a second day of hearings in North Battleford today. This morning, North Battleford TRC hearings co-ordinator Sonia Whitecalf told her story. Whitecalf said residential schools affected generations of people,...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012
A survey is being circulated in Prince Albert asking people if they have been victims of racial profiling or racism. The author of the survey is Colleen Whitedeer, the vice-president of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan. Based on her own...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012
La Ronge RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a weekend collision which damaged a local business. Early Saturday morning, a pickup truck crashed into Drifters Motel, significantly damaging one of the rooms. Fortunately, no one was in the room at the...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012
Robert Doucette is anxious to get on with the job at hand. Over the weekend, he won re-election as president of the Metis Nation – Sasktchewan. He defeated five other candidates to win the election, collecting about a third of the total votes cast. Doucette...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Justice Murray Sinclair pointed that out today during Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in North Battleford. Sinclair said young Aboriginal people have much higher suicide rates than other Canadians. He said that is...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012
A northern Saskatchewan Opposition MLA believes pending changes to social housing will result in an exodus of working families from the province’s north. New Democrat Buckley Belanger notes people who currently live in SaskHousing units pay a maximum of $800 a...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012
The president of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation is dispelling speculation that some recent high prices are the result of Saskatchewan’s exit from its monopoly. On April 1st, commercial fishers in the province officially exited out from under the...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2012
The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan held its province-wide elections yesterday — and incumbent president Robert Doucette won another term in office by beating five challengers. In unofficial results, Doucette received 1,015 votes out of the 2,905 ballots cast...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
The Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre has officially opened its doors in Prince Albert. The 15-bed facility is designed to help youth between the ages of 12 and 17 deal with addiction-problems. The provincial government has invested more than $5 million into the...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012
The SJHL has reportedly told the Onion Lake Cree Nation it won’t be getting an expansion team. The community had applied for a franchise, but was apparently told no — over concerns there’s not enough people living in the community. The SJHL wants at...
