by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Each year, the number of heartbreaking stories heard at the ‘Honouring Our Brothers and Sisters Memorial Walk’ rises, but organizers want to put a stop to that. The walk was first held 12 years ago, hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council Women’s...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Today, the media got a firsthand glimpse of what the forest looks like in the Weyakwin area a year after flames came through, burning up everything in its path during the northern Saskatchewan forest fires. In some spots near Weyakwin, flames reached around 70 feet...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Investigators believe it may have been an accident that claimed the life of a man who whose body was discovered in a burnt car near North Battleford last week. Last Friday RCMP discovered the remains of a 31 year-old male in the backseat of a burnt car in between...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Photo courtesy metisnationsk.com. A long-awaited Metis Nation Legislative Assembly will happen in Yorkton next month — because a majority of the Provincial Metis Council voted to pass that resolution. That’s the word from Ernst & Young, which has been...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
While the province has committed to improving the aboriginal high school graduation rate to 50% by 2020, one First Nation school has managed to improve it to 90% in one year. The success story comes from the Nakoda Oyade school on the Carry the Kettle First Nation,...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Photo courtesy Facebook It was quite a birthday surprise for a La Ronge businesswoman. Anne Calladine, the owner of Northwinds Bus Lines learned she had been named Indigenous businesswoman of the year by a national organization on the same day she celebrated her 40th...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Fines totaling nearly $10,000 were recently handed out to an outfitter and two American hunters. The outfitter, 31 year old George Keewatin of Kamsack was fined $7,000 and the hunters were fined $1,400 each. The guide was only authorized to provide guiding services on...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2016
The First Nations University of Canada is hosting a three-day national conference involving top researchers and community members who are sharing knowledge about urban aboriginals. The goal is to find better programs and better ways to serve a growing segment of the...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2016
Several thousand people in Saskatoon joined together Wednesday morning for a walk for reconciliation. Over the past month the Reconciliation Saskatoon Committee has organized and planned several events devoted to reconciliation in the community. Organizers say the...
by MBC News | Jun 22, 2016
Hatchet Lake Dene First Nation has joined six other Athabasca Basin communities in signing a partnership agreement with Cameco and Areva. Geographically, Hatchet Lake is right across the lake from the uranium mining operations. The initial agreements between the...