by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016
Some hair-raising stories will be told at the University of Regina on Wednesday night. The event, called “Boys with Braids” is a gathering to share teachings about the sacredness of hair and to foster a sense of pride for aboriginal boys who choose to grow their hair...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016
Jeannette Chief, left, Violet Heathen, right. RCMP say a man has been arrested on counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two women that go back several years. Jeannette Chief was last seen in Lloydminster on the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary on June 2, 2007,...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016
Buffalo Narrows. Photo courtesy http://www.newnorthsask.org/ The budget is a positive move in the right direction, according to a group representing northern municipalities. New North CEO Al Loke said their only concern is that future generations may need to pay the...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016
Buffalo River Dene Nation drummers at an Idle No More protest in 2013. Just last year, Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeals resolved a dispute between Buffalo River Dene Nation and the province over the treaty duty to consult, but the same issue is flaring up again. More...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016
The president of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan says rather than try to save money by privatizing food services at correctional centres, the justice department should do a major overhaul of the remand system. Kim Beaudin says far too many people are...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016
The federal Liberal budget contains billions in new spending for aboriginal programming, including money to address issues including education, boil water advisories and child and family services. The spending commitments are considered one of the central themes of...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2016
The Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is calling on aboriginal voters to make their presence felt in a big way in the upcoming provincial election. Chief Felix Thomas says the Tribal council is working hard to get aboriginal voters to the ballot box on April 4 by...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2016
Cameco is making one last push to get northern Saskatchewan women to apply for the Touchdown for Dreams program. The program is a partnership with the Roughriders that grants seven to 10 wishes each year to women with a life-threatening cancer diagnosis. Jonathan...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2016
An appeal of sorts has been filed in one of the harshest penalties ever handed down for second-degree murder in the province. Tammy Lynn Goforth was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 17 years for the starvation death of a four-year-old...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2016
The Merchant law group is in a Quebec court this week asking for compensation for treaty women who lost their status when they married a non-status man. The federal government changed the law in 2011 with Bill C-3, so women could maintain their treaty status when...
