by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with a young Aboriginal girl at File Hills Qu’Appelle on Tuesday. Photo courtesy Justin Trudeau, Twitter. The Trudeau government has been handed a stern order from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on welfare services for...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
Prime Minister Trudeau in a brief conversation with LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson. While visiting a First Nation high school in Saskatoon on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened the floor to questions from students who rose to the occasion with tough...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
In his final annual report to the government, Saskatchewan’s child and youth advocate delivered some harsh criticism and expressed disappointment in the lack of progress during his five-year term in office. Bob Pringle says he has observed a waning commitment by...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
Troy Napope’s friends and family gather at the site where his body was found. The family and friends of a murdered Prince Albert man are getting some long-awaited closure. The funeral for Troy Cecil Napope started on Wednesday morning in Beardy’s Recreation...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2016
There was no major announcement, but history was made at the Treaty 4 Governance Centre in Fort Qu’Appelle Tuesday night. For the first time ever, a prime minister came to the centre to meet and listen to what the 11 chiefs of the File Hills Qu’Appelle...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2016
It looks like another First Nations run casino will be coming to Saskatchewan. Earlier today the Saskatchewan Government granted approval to the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations to build a casino in Lloydminster....
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
RCMP say a suspect wanted after a weekend assault at the Red Earth First Nation has been arrested. Police say 23-year-old Caleb Head was taken into custody last night. Early Sunday morning, officers were called to a home on the reserve. They found an injured woman who...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
An inquest into the death of an Aboriginal woman at Saskatoon’s regional psychiatric Centre has been adjourned to a later date. Kinew James died at the facility in 2013 after it was alleged her calls for help went unattended. An inquest into her death was...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
SaskTel expects to complete a three-year, $30-million project to improve connectivity in northeastern Saskatchewan by the end of June. The work is being done in partnership with Cameco and SaskPower. SaskTel is building a fibre optics line from La Ronge to Points...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
The last remaining suspect in a January homicide in Prince Albert has been taken into custody. Police say 23-year-old Preston Spencer Dean Bird was arrested on Friday after officers went to a residence in the city’s Midtown area. Bird is facing a charge of...
