by MBC News | Sep 21, 2016
Current IPAC/CAP National Chief Dwight Dorey. File photo. An upcoming election for a national Indigenous advocacy has one candidate hoping for change. The Indigenous Peoples Association of Canada, formerly the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, is holding an election on...
by MBC News | Sep 20, 2016
The families of two murdered women stand outside Regina court. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains graphic details and some profanity. Choking back tears, the man who admitted strangling two aboriginal women to death offered his apology to his...
by MBC News | Sep 20, 2016
NORTEP library. Photo courtesy NORTEP/NORPAC group on Facebook, photo by Dale Apesis. “You are why our program has been successful and we want everyone to know your stories.” That was a line from a recent Facebook post by the Northern Teacher’s...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2016
Saskatoon Tribal Chief Felix Thomas was one of several Indigenous leaders calling for a state of emergency. First Nation leaders and medical doctors are calling on the provincial government to declare a state of emergency over high HIV rates, however a government...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2016
Clayton Bo Eichler. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. It was a day of surprises at Regina’s Court of Queen’s Bench, with the accused entering guilty pleas after new charges were read to him. 35-year-old Clayton Bo Eichler was set to stand trial on two counts of first-degree...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2016
David Suzuki at the rally. Photo courtesy Facebook, Sadi Broncho. A four-legged attendee at the Kisiskatchewan Water Alliance Network Rally. Photo courtesy Facebook, Estelle Hjertaas. Communities that count on the North Saskatchewan River may have gotten the go-ahead...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2016
FSIN Vice-Chief Kimberley Jonathan speaking at a press event in Saskatoon Monday morning. Photo by Joel Willick. Health professionals and First Nation leaders are calling on the Saskatchewan government to declare a health emergency over HIV and AIDS rates in the...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2016
Some of the food preparation at PAGC’s Culture Festival in 2015. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Prince Albert Grand Council is switching things up with its second annual culture festival. Last year each of the days focused on one sector of PAGC’s nations:...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2016
The Northern Lights Casino fundraiser for the PA Food Bank. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski An impressive showing at a barbecue fundraiser for the Prince Albert Food Bank hosted by the Northern Lights Casino has brought in more than $6,300. Of that total, $5,000 is coming...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2016
One of the water pipelines snakes towards Prince Albert’s water treatment plant. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Finally, the news residents of central Saskatchewan have been waiting for. The Water Security Agency has given the communities of North Battleford, Prince...
