by MBC News | Jun 19, 2012
Metis Nation – Saskatchewan President Robert Doucette says he feels good about where things stand with the organization’s coming election. On Saturday, Metis gathered in Prince Albert to set an election date of September 8th. Doucette says there was some...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2012
The Gabriel Dumont Institute is renewing ties with the University of Saskatchewan. Officials from GDI and the university’s College of Education have signed a five-year agreement. GDI executive director Jordy McCaffrey says the school’s training program for...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2012
The File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council is concerned about the rising number of HIV/AIDS cases — a subject that will get a lot of attention over the next two days at a health summit it is hosting. Executive director Gail Boehme says her region recorded 25...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2012
Sixteen youth from the Clearwater River Dene Nation are preparing for a major trek through an Alberta river system. Chief Roy Cheecham says they are taking the kids from Rocky Mountain House up to Edmonton. Ten canoes and a safety boat will be used to make the 320-km...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2012
The aunt of a 16-year-old boy attacked in North Battleford over the weekend fears for her grandson’s safety if the accused are released. The youth and a 14-year-old were walking home at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday when several other youth sprayed them with bear mace....
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2012
September 8th is the day Metis across Saskatchewan will go to the polls. The election date was selected at a Metis Nation Legislative Assembly held on Saturday in Prince Albert. The vote was originally scheduled to take place last month, but a judge ruled there were...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2012
Cameco has released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report. The report measures the uranium producer’s performance on 31 Global Reporting Initiative indicators. President and CEO Tim Gitzel says the report “shows how Cameco is meeting society’s...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2012
A candidate in the race for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations says she thinks the job should go to someone who is familiar with the land. Joan Jack is one of eight people to toss their hats into the ring for the July 18th election. She is a lawyer,...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2012
Little Black Bear First Nation Chief Perry Bellegarde hopes he has “planted a seed” in the minds of some lawyers about treaties and resource sharing. Bellegarde was one of the speakers during a two-day Aboriginal law conference hosted by the Canadian Bar...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2012
A Pelican Lake First Nation youth charged with murder in the death of his cousin has been released from custody. That decision was made during a Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench hearing today. Eighteen-year-old Jay Lyndon Thomas is accused of second-degree...
