by MBC News | Jun 14, 2016
Saskatchewan First Nations leaders are speaking out against a Parole Board of Canada decision to release a residential school abuser from prison. Paul Mary Leroux, 76, has been serving time for gross indecency and indecent assault committed more than 50 years ago...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2016
Thousands of First Nations people have converged at The Gathering Place in West Regina for the annual treaty day celebrations. In total, more than 5,000 people are expected to attend the two-day event, which is a tradition that goes back to 1874 when Status Indians...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2016
Minister of Corrections Christine Tell and Foxvalley Counselling Mark Fox. Photo by Manfred Joehnck The provincial government has launched a two-year pilot project aimed at helping the most vulnerable families rebuild. A partnership between a handful of provincial...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2016
Saskatchewan’s highest court has dismissed a wrongful dismissal suit filed against the First Nations University more than 10 years ago. The institution’s former vice-president Wes Stevenson filed the suit after he was fired with cause over allegations of misspending....
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2016
A Wahpeton Dakota Nation woman’s trial for second-degree murder won’t go ahead as planned, after the prosecutor in the case announced plans to withdraw all unresolved charges in the case. Valerie Standing’s trial was related to the death of Brant...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2016
Fraser Littlewolfe. Photo courtesy RCMP The RCMP is putting out a call for help in catching a man they suspect was involved in an Onion Lake gun-related incident on the weekend. Shots were fired behind an Onion Lake home just before noon on Sunday, by a group of...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2016
A man charged with second-degree murder in a Red Earth death has wrapped up preliminary hearings and will move to pre-trial at Melfort Queen’s Bench. Ernest McKay, 21, and a 17-year-old boy are charged with second-degree murder and robbery in the death of Dion...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2016
Photo courtesy Twitter, @GCIndigenous Several Aboriginal leaders and minister’s responsible for Indigenous affairs gathered in Ottawa today for the first ever Federal-Provincial-Territorial-Indigenous Forum. The forum brought together ministers responsible for...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2016
Photo Courtesy Sask Mining Association, Twitter. The First Nations unemployment rate in Saskatchewan is more than four times the provincial average while the Metis rate is twice as high. The latest job numbers from Statistics Canada were released this morning. They...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2016
For 40 years the Northern Teachers Education Program has trained teachers in northern Saskatchewan and this weekend the organization will celebrate that milestone. On Friday and Saturday several teachers, students and others involved in the program over the years will...
