by MBC News | Apr 20, 2016
By Wednesday morning, there were only a couple of protesters at the Regina INAC offices who spent a second night sleeping in tents outside the building. They have been pushed back about 10 feet after the property owner had a temporary six foot fence installed on...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2016
Catholic students in Saskatoon will be showcasing what they learned about racism in an art showcase on Wednesday evening. Throughout the past semester students from five different schools in the city have been learning about different areas of anti-oppressive...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2016
Trevor Cook was escorted from court in February. Photo courtesy Curtis Brown. A Prince Albert man says he regrets an angry outburst after his brother’s killer was sentenced, but Curtis Brown is still struggling to come to terms with a sentence he says is too...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2016
Prince Albert’s Court of Queen’s Bench. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Before year’s end, it’s expected the family of a Prince Albert woman who was killed last year will hear a verdict on the accused killer. A December trial by judge and jury has...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2016
Photo courtesy http://www.saskparks.net/ Camping in Saskatchewan’s provincial parks are one of the hottest tickets in town, as campground reservations are being snapped up in record numbers this year. In the province’s north – including Lac La Ronge, Chitek Lake...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2016
REGINA – Large swaths of red, meaning extreme risk, cover Alberta and Saskatchewan on the latest fire danger map from Natural Resources Canada. Many other areas are considered high or very high risk in the two Prairie provinces, where there’s been below...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2016
Robyn Pitawankwat became emotional when police were called to the protest outside the INAC office. Photo by Manfred Joehnck Regina police were called in and a steel mesh fence went up outside the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada office in downtown Regina Tuesday...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2016
A sketch that may assist in identifying the suspect in a Sandy Bay altercation. Courtesy Saskatchewan RCMP RCMP in Sandy Bay are on the look-out for a man who allegedly had an altercation with a 14 year-old girl. RCMP received a report about an incident that occurred...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2016
About two dozen young women from across North America are preparing to take part in this year’s Miss Indian World pageant. The annual event is held in conjunction with the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico. First Nations University student...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2016
A small tent village has sprung up in front of the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada office near downtown Regina, where seven people spent a frigid night. It is a solidarity camp whose occupants are demanding the federal government take immediate action to deal...