by MBC News | Nov 10, 2016
A recently released food security survey says the cost to feed a family of four in the north is almost 30 per cent higher than in the south, but a spokesman for an Aboriginal-owned contracting company says it is actually much higher. This purportedly leads to all...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2016
Onion Lake Chief Wallace Fox. File Photo An Onion Lake Cree Nation member has filed a court application demanding Onion Lake chief and council disclose all of their financial documents. Onion Lake member Charmaine Stick recently filed the motion with the backing of...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2016
Photo by Manfred Joehnck Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says supporting families and communities is key to preventing youth suicides in northern Saskatchewan. The Premier along with a few of his cabinet ministers were in La Ronge Wednesday afternoon meeting with local...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2016
On the left is Veteran Elder Willis Royal who founded the Veterans Memorial Service at Whitecap. Photo by Joel Willick During the second world war, the Moose Woods Reserve sent seven of around 70 eligible people to serve during the war. Moose Woods would later become...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2016
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. Photo courtesy of the FSIN. The voices of Aboriginal youth and their stories will play the central role at a youth crisis gathering organized by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the Prince Albert Grand Council. The two day...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2016
Members of Monica Burns’ family outside a Prince Albert courthouse. Photo by Joel Willick. The man accused of killing Monica Burns has pleaded guilty to manslaughter as well as indignity to a human body. Burns’ body was found on a remote snowmobile trail...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2016
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Environment has launched a new online mapping tool called HABISask. It includes hunting, angling and bio diversity information and is accessible on mobile devices like smartphones or tablets. The site offers mapping information and...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2016
NDP Health Critic Danielle Chartier speaking during Question Period at the Legislative Assembly. The NDP opposition party is challenging what they say is the provincial government’s lack of spending on northern Saskatchewan health care. NDP Health Critic...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2016
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron and Environment Minister Scott Moe sign off to protect wildlife. Photo by Manfred Joehnck The provincial Environment Department and the FSIN have signed a protocol agreement for investigating hunting and fishing regulations on First Nations...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2016
The federal Department of Indigenous Affairs is stepping in to order a new election on the George Gordon First Nation, which is located about 125 kilometers northeast of Regina. This follows a court ruling that overturned the results because of voting irregularities....
