by MBC News | May 4, 2018
A week-long walk is set to get underway Sunday from Prince Albert to La Ronge. The event not only raises awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, but for the renewed search efforts for Happy Mary Charles, who went missing in April 2017. “We need...
by MBC News | May 4, 2018
The New Democrats are pressuring the provincial government to lobby for equal funding of education. It’s been well-documented that on-reserve education is well below that of off-reserve. “We’ve long known that First Nations children receive significantly less funding...
by MBC News | May 4, 2018
The National Aboriginal Hockey Championships kick off on Sunday in Nova Scotia on the Membertou First Nation. Saskatchewan will be represented by Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Cassidy Carlson. “I think if we put it all on the line, give everything we have – then...
by MBC News | May 4, 2018
The Discourse publication and northern Saskatchewan media are partnering on a project, wanting to hear about how people are impacted by a wildfire. Lauren Kaljur, the environment reporter for The Discourse, is collecting a database of concerns of residents affected by...
by MBC News | May 3, 2018
The minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority agrees with a Senate committee recommendation to delay the implementation of legalizing cannabis. The Committee on Aboriginal Peoples wants a one year postponement, suggesting the federal...
by MBC News | May 3, 2018
As the days continue to warm with a rapid snow melt, Provincial Fire Commissioner Duane McKay is reminding residents to be extremely cautious when outdoors not to inadvertently start a wildfire. McKay says the quick change in weather over the past few weeks makes...
by MBC News | May 3, 2018
Indigenizing the academy was the focus of a conference that took place at the University of Saskatchewan May 1-2. The Teaching and Learning Conference included about 180 educators from across Canada. U of S Vice-Provost Patti McDougall says the conference provides an...
by MBC News | May 3, 2018
Reconciliation and economic partnerships are the key themes of a Saskatoon conference that runs May 2-3. The Intersections for Growth Conference brings a number of stakeholders together to discuss ways to better engage Indigenous people in the provincial economy....
by MBC News | May 2, 2018
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is asking the federal government to delay the implementation of Bill C-45 the legalization of cannabis for up to one year to allow for continued consultation with First Nations groups and the possible negotiation of...
by MBC News | May 2, 2018
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says he is pleased that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has overturned a hunting conviction of a Treaty 5 First Nations hunter from Manitoba for hunting a moose on private land near Swift Current....
