by MBC News | Feb 4, 2013
Municipal leaders waiting for an infrastructure announcement from the provincial government at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention this morning will have to keep waiting – at least for the time being anyway. In his address to the convention,...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2013
Close ties between Chinese people and First Nations are a natural fit according to a residential schools advocate in British Columbia. Bill Chu is the chairman of the Canadians for Reconciliation Society. Chu recently wrote a public letter calling on the Harper...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2013
A foster mother charged with criminal negligence causing the death of an Aboriginal toddler has been found not guilty. In rendering his decision Friday, Justice Neil Gabrielson said although Eunice Wudrich failed to provide proper care when 22-month-old Evander Lee...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2013
Sentencing for Poundmaker Chief Duane Antoine and seven others charged with Treaty Land Entitlement fraud has been postponed to Mar. 8. Sentencing was supposed to be handed down Friday in North Battleford but new documents sent to the Crown and court have delayed the...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2013
The Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation has entered into a unique partnership with Access Communications. The two organizations have announced plans to share office space in La Ronge effective Feb. 19. This means Access customers will soon be able to pay bills at the...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2013
Shore Gold continues to try and get everything in place for a potential mine at the Fort a’la Corne site. On Thursday, the company announced it has responded to 82 comments and information requests on its environmental impact statement. For much of the past...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2013
An economics professor says he thinks the Saskatchewan government should quit focusing on bringing in workers from other countries and instead develop local citizens. Herb Emery of the University of Calgary notes although the province’s overall unemployment rate is...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2013
Confidential documents indicate the chief and council of the Standing Buffalo First Nation were paid nearly a million dollars in the last year. This includes $600,000 to attend meetings. This is leading to calls for impeachment but so far the chief and other...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2013
A lawyer with Truth and Reconciliation Commission says detailed accounts of what went on at many residential schools may be contained in new records the government has been ordered to hand over. The TRC won a key legal battle yesterday after an Ontario court ordered...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2013
Saskatchewan’s Public Complaints Commission has confirmed it is investigating an alleged “starlight tour” involving Saskatoon police. Social media exploded last week after a woman made allegations a 19-year-old man had been dropped off by police outside city limits...
