by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
Several northern Saskatchewan community members and Indigenous critics of industry caused a stir at a University of Saskatchewan Senate meeting on Saturday. The group representing the Committee For Future Generations organized a rally to try and have their position...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Politicians are offering their sympathies and taking action to soften the blow of the Rabbit Lake mine closure. On Thursday evening, Cameco’s CEO announced that 500 jobs will be eliminated indefinitely at its Rabbit Lake uranium mine. On Friday, Premier Wall...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Cameco has announced it is suspending production at its Rabbit Lake operation in northern Saskatchewan. The changes are expected to result in a reduction of about 500 positions at Rabbit Lake, including employees and long-term contractors. The operational changes...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Ida Sewap and other family members look on as her grandson performs at the fine arts festival. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski There’s something unique about Prince Albert Grand Council Fine Arts Festival that attendees won’t often see at other competitions. When...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Photo courtesy Twitter, Rick Huijbregts. Students at Black Lake’s Father Porte Memorial Dene School will have a new and unique way to pursue their education. The school will now officially be Saskatchewan’s first to welcome the Connected North Virtual...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2016
SIIT President and CEO Riel Bellegarde along with SIIT Board Chair and Whitecap Dakota Chief Darcy Bear at Thursday’s gala. Representatives of the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies were in a celebratory mood on Thursday night. The organization was...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2016
Legal action has begun against the Chief and Council of Cote First Nation as well as the law firm representing them. A statement of claim was filed by three band members earlier this week at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench on behalf of all band members. The...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2016
A traditional First Nation ceremony that got out of hand will end up costing the Yellow Quill First Nation. On Sunday, a grass fire started in the RM of Corman Park during preparations for a sweat lodge ceremony, the RM’s administrator Andrew Tittemore said....
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2016
Saskatchewan’s two northern MLAs will play prominent roles in the NDP opposition when the new sitting of the legislature begins next month. On Thursday, Opposition leader Trent Wotherspoon unveiled the critic roles and duties for the ten member opposition team....
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2016
A steel mesh fence separating protesters from the Indigenous affairs office near downtown Regina was gone on Thursday. It went up Tuesday afternoon by order of the building’s owner, but was removed on Wednesday afternoon. About a dozen people have set up a small tent...
