by MBC News | May 1, 2018
A federal NDP motion calling on Pope Francis to formally apologize for the responsibility the Catholic Church played in the residential school legacy has passed in the House of Commons 269 to 10 Tuesday. The 10 nay votes came from the Conservative caucus. The motion...
by MBC News | May 1, 2018
The family of Colten Boushie is calling on the United Nations to investigate racism and systemic bias in Canada’s justice system. The Boushie family is putting forward a special resolution at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Gatineau, Quebec...
by MBC News | May 1, 2018
The widow of a La Ronge restaurateur killed following a robbery last April vows to advocate for better funding for victims of crime. Cora Laich’s husband Simon Grant died of his injuries after an attack at his business Louisiana’s Bar-B-Que. Three people have entered...
by MBC News | May 1, 2018
A report of the use of administrative segregation in Saskatchewan’s correctional facilities shows that over eight-in-ten inmates are Aboriginal. The 2016 audit says 82 per cent of the 542 incidents of administrative placements over a three-month period were...
by MBC News | May 1, 2018
Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger is demanding the Saskatchewan Party government immediately restore the rental housing supplement, calling the decision to change the subsidy not well thought out. New North is looking for families who use the program to share their...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2018
After going to court and winning multiple times for the release of financial documents of the Onion Lake Cree Nation, band member Charmaine Stick stood on the steps of the Regina courthouse Monday clutching a white binder of financial information. Stick says it was...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018
Saskatchewan Environment has introduced changes for the coming wildfire season. It is one of the findings in an interim report put together by the Prince Albert Grand Council’s Wildfire Task Force. The task force was formed “to provide an independent review of...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018
Cameco Corporation says it posted a profit for the first quarter of 2018. In financials released Friday, the uranium producer reported net earnings of $55 million to the end of March 31. This is compared to an $18 million loss a year ago. Cameco says lower costs, and...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018
Two Saskatchewan Rush players were in La Loche Thursday, teaching students at three area schools there lacrosse. Mark Matthews and Jeremy Thompson were at the Clearwater River Dene School, Dene High, and Ducharme Elementary. While with the students, Matthews and...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2018
Two young Indigenous women are about to embark on a month-long walk from Saskatoon to Winnipeg to highlight what they say are recent injustices towards Indigenous people. Katryna Smith and Kayla Ironstar-Murray say they were inspired by the recent acquittals of the...
