by MBC News | May 31, 2017
Photo courtesy of U of S Three Indigenous PhD students at the University of Saskatchewan have been awarded 2017 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships. The Vanier scholarships recognize top-tier PhD students who demonstrate excellence in academia, research impact and...
by MBC News | May 31, 2017
Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A federal judge has reserved his decision on whether a number of regulations introduced in the months before the Lac La Ronge Indian Band election were within the band’s power to enact. This comes after a...
by MBC News | May 31, 2017
Weapons, cash and drugs recovered by Meadow Lake RCMP Six people have been charged after reports of gunfire in Meadow Lake early Monday morning. Mounties say 20-year-old Draysen Bigham was arrested and is facing numerous charges, including careless use of a firearm...
by MBC News | May 31, 2017
Photo courtesy University of Saskatchewan The bowl on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan will be alive with Indigenous song and dance, as the annual graduation pow wow takes place today. The event has been an event at the U of S for over thirty years. It has...
by MBC News | May 31, 2017
Charlene Thompson. Photo courtesy of University of Saskatchewan. A University of Saskatchewan PhD student will be looking at inequities in health care access in First Nations communities during a three-year study. Charlene Thompson was awarded a $108,000 grant from...
by MBC News | May 30, 2017
Fauna Kingdon is one of three Indspire Youth Laureates partaking in a Cross-Canada tour to showcase the Indspire program. Photo by Joel Willick. A group of successful Aboriginal post-graduate students are hoping their stories of success will motivate other Indigenous...
by MBC News | May 30, 2017
Kaleigha Pearl Morrison. Photo provided by Regina Police. Regina police are asking for help in locating a 13-year-old Metis girl who has been missing from her Spence Street home since last Thursday. Police say there is no evidence the girl, , has come to harm but...
by MBC News | May 30, 2017
Sergeant Robin Dawatsare and Meadow Lake Tribal Council Vice Chief Dwayne Lasa. Photo courtesy English River First Nation. Twenty-one years is a long time to spend in a job, but it’s even a greater accomplishment for someone who has spent that time serving their...
by MBC News | May 30, 2017
Don Cody outside Prince Albert’s STC depot. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. From Saskatchewan Transportation Company’s creator Tommy Douglas to Premier Brad Wall, Don Cody can handily list off the premiers that have had a hand in the provincial bus service...
by MBC News | May 30, 2017
Steve McLellan Sask. Chamber CEO and Sunil Kansal with Deloitte. Mineral production topped $6.4 billion in Saskatchewan last year, despite a downturn in both the potash and uranium markets. It is still one of the biggest employers in the province, and it employs the...
