by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
‘Keep away from drugs and alcohol’ was the message of two Aboriginal war veterans who spoke to high school students in North Battleford yesterday. George Benson of Red Pheasant is a veteran of the Korean War, while Arlen Tootoosis of Poundmaker served in...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
Saskatchewan Environment is making plans for more projects as it continues the Boreal Watershed Initiative. The five-year project was announced last year with the goal of assessing and maintaining the northern watersheds. Saskatchewan Environment chief engineer Kevin...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
Wanuskewin Heritage Park is hosting the 2012 National Aboriginal Moot Court this weekend. Teams from 15 law schools are being brought together to discuss current legal issues and put theory into practice. For students involved, it is part of the curriculum and they...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2012
La Ronge RCMP are looking to the public for information on a man wanted in connection with an assault in La Ronge last November. Police say a warrant has been issued for the arrest of 19-year-old Spencer Lloyd Halkett. He is 5’9″ tall, weighs 140 lbs.,...
by MBC News | Mar 1, 2012
Most people contacted in a University of Saskatchewan survey agree that discrimination has made it harder for Aboriginal people to escape poverty. But a majority don’t think Aboriginal people should get special treatment to improve themselves. About 72% of those...
by MBC News | Mar 1, 2012
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson likes some aspects of Bill S-6, a bill to change the Indian Act. For example, Cook-Searson likes the fact that terms of office for chiefs and band councillors are extended to four years from two. But she told the...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2012
A national Metis leader says he is concerned about some wording in a recent report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Clem Chartier, the president of the Metis National Council, says the interim report of the TRC contains statements that may imply that Metis...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2012
Officials from the provincial government and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum are visiting a Regina school today to introduce a new classroom pilot project. Buffalo Basics was designed to teach the historic role of the buffalo to First Nations and Metis people. RSM...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2012
The First Nations University of Canada has a new vice-president of finance and administration. Juliano Tupone is originally from the Sweetgrass First Nation. Before taking on this new position, Tupone was director of operations for the Starblanket Cree Nation. He has...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2012
Saskatoon Police say the death of a man whose body was found following a dumpster fire is being treated as a homicide. The body of 22-year-old Mervin Clarence McAdam was found early Sunday morning in the 200 block of Avenue S South. An autopsy was done on Monday, but...
