by MBC News | Jun 7, 2012
An Aboriginal singer from Prince Albert has been chosen to perform on Parliament Hill for Canada Day. Donny Parenteau was recently nominated for a Juno for his CD, “To Whom It May Concern”. Parenteau has spent years entertaining people in Saskatchewan and...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2012
The University of Saskatchewan is giving former Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations chief Blaine Favel an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree. Favel is receiving this distinction for significant contributions to scholarship, education, public service and the...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2012
More tears are being shed today at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing taking place in La Ronge. Joan Olsen told her story earlier today at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre. She says she was taken to the school in Prince Albert when she was so...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2012
The Member of Parliament for northern Saskatchewan says he hopes his new private member’s bill jumpstarts a more respectful relationship between Canada and First Nations. Rob Clarke’s bill to amend the Indian Act was introduced in the House of...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2012
For the first time in 136 years, treaties have again been signed at Fort Pitt. Yesterday, the Onion Lake Cree Nation signed treaties with four bands to spur job creation and oil and gas development. One treaty was signed with a band from the Utah area. Another one was...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2012
A First Nations leader on the West Coast says he isn’t too impressed with the makeup of an advisory panel recently named to aid the federal government. However, Union of BC Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says he isn’t all that surprised, either....
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2012
Day One of a three-day Truth and Reconciliation Commission gathering is underway in La Ronge. It is one of many community hearings being held in preparation for a National TRC event in Saskatoon later this month. TRC Commissioner Marie Wilson is one of the officials...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2012
More details are being shed on a plea deal reached yesterday by a teenager accused of killing an elder on the Canoe Lake Cree Nation. The body of 73-year-old James Durocher was pulled from a burning home on the reserve in February of 2011. The suspect in the case, who...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2012
Coordinators of an anti-gang program in Prince Albert are fighting to keep it going in the face of a looming cash crunch. Connie Farber, the executive director of the Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre, says they can keep the initiative —...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2012
A Metis woman and her brother are trudging down Highway 11 between Regina and Saskatoon. They are on a mission to help at-risk Aboriginal youth. Christine Ginter is a singer, a songwriter, and she is writing a book. In her teens, she was involved in drugs and...
