by MBC News | Jun 28, 2016
It was standing room only in a Regina courtroom on Tuesday as the provincial government and the Saskatoon Tribal Council argued about who has jurisdiction over children in care on reserves. The ministry is asking the courts to force the band to turn over the files of...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2016
A photo from the “Signs of you Identity” residential school photo project. Photo by Daniella Zalcman featuring Elwood Friday who attended St. Phillips Indian Residential School. New research out of the University of Saskatchewan is suggesting Indigenous...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2016
Photo courtesy SIIT.sk.ca The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies will be receiving a $500,000 investment from Boeing. The donation will be used to bolster the institute’s technology framework. The aircraft company has made other investments over the...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2016
A Regina judge will hear a case tomorrow over who has jurisdiction over children under the care of the Saskatoon Tribal Council. It is a long-simmering dispute that escalated recently with the Ministry of Social Services moving to take over the files of about 70...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2016
Emergency Management and Fire Commissioner Duane McKay beside Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter speaking on the new app in Regina Monday morning. Dealing with disasters and providing up-to-date information to Saskatchewan residents just got a little easier with...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2016
For the first time in its history, the Black Lake First Nation will be led by a woman. The band held its chief and council elections on Friday and chose Coreen Sayazie among three candidates as its new chief. Band members also elected seven people to the band council...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2016
Kayla Natomagan hugs her mother, Erica Hennie, outside court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A La Ronge teen says she feels ready to talk after the sentencing for the man who kidnapped her last winter. Jonas Budd killed Kayla Natomagan’s boyfriend, 17-year-old...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
The man behind a February 2015 murder in La Ronge will serve a life sentence and can’t apply for parole for 14 years. On Friday morning, 45-year-old Jonas Budd entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Dustin Bird twice in the chest...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
Northern Saskatchewan’s Georgina Jolibois says her first parliamentary session in Ottawa has been a tough one. The La Loche shooting took place only months after she was elected to represent Desnethe-Missinipi Churchill River for the NDP. “The incident in...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
The idea of justice and closure after losing loved ones was fresh in the minds of those participating in the Prince Albert ‘Honour Our Brothers and Sisters Memorial Walk’ on Thursday. The different stages of grief were all represented – from those...
