by MBC News | Jan 11, 2017
Photo courtesy of abo-peoples.org The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples got some special attention from the Prime Minister yesterday, but the group is in a fight with other Aboriginal organizations for a spot at the national bargaining table. Congress Vice President, Kim...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2017
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. MBC file photo. Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron is issuing a response to the federal cabinet shift, which was announced on Tuesday. While many are focusing on the announcement that MP Chrystia Freeland is taking...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2017
Delores Stevenson. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. A Regina woman says she will not rest until she gets answers on how her 29-year-old niece ended up inside a hotel laundry chute, and then fell ten stories to her death two years ago. Delores Stevenson has organized...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2017
Band councillor for Clearwater River Dene Nation Lester Herman, La Loche Mayor Robert St. Pierre, Friendship Centre Executive Director Leonard Montgrand and acting Principal Greg Hatch. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. There’s no denying that La Loche has received...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2017
Ronald Kay. Photo courtesy of Regina Police. Three Regina men are now facing murder charges in connection with a missing persons case that goes back to the fall of 2013. The body of 32-year-old Ronald Kay has never been found, but a recent lead into the case uncovered...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2017
The site of a makeshift memorial for La Loche shooting victims on Feb. 24, 2016. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski It’s nearing the one-year anniversary of the shooting that rocked La Loche, and the northern community is holding public memorial events today. A lot has...
by MBC News | Jan 6, 2017
Sask. RCMP. MBC file photo. EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story stated there was an application for this trial to be heard in Cree, when in actuality the application is for a Cree language interpreter to be available. A Waterhen Lake First Nation...
by MBC News | Jan 6, 2017
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation. Photo courtesy freshwaterfish.com There is a new buyer in Saskatchewan’s fish market, and renewed optimism, as the industry moves away from monopoly marketing to seller’s choice. Saskatchewan Cooperative Fisheries Limited...
by MBC News | Jan 5, 2017
All Nations Healing Hospital is one example of Indigenous-run health care cited by the FSIN. Photo courtesy Brownlee Beaton Kreke Consulting Engineers website. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations has issued a cutting criticism of the province’s plan...
by MBC News | Jan 5, 2017
The cover of the Saskatchewan Advisory Panel on Health System Structure Report. Photo courtesy Government of Saskatchewan. Healthcare workers in the north have mixed feelings about the news that all health regions in Saskatchewan will soon merge into one. Mamawetan...
