by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016
Saskatchewan First Nations Chiefs and John Cochrane band delegates at a meeting in 2009. Photo courtesy johncochrane.ca A small Indian band in northern Saskatchewan is bolstered by a recent court ruling that backs its lawsuit against the FSIN. The ruling blocks a...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016
Saskatoon St. Mary’s Wellness and Education Centre’s Grade 7 and 8 students give a voice to missing and murdered aboriginal women on Monday. Photo courtesy @GSCSNews, Twitter On Monday, teens across the province used social media to put the Multicultural...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016
The flag that inspired the upcoming commemorative walk. Photo courtesy Tom Roberts A group of Prince Albert Indian Residential School survivors is planning a walk to heal from a school system that stripped kids from their families for nine months of the year. The...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016
A suspect in an attempted murder in La Ronge makes his first court appearance today. Elias Ballantyne is facing several charges following a stabbing in the northern community last Thursday evening. Local Mounties responding to a complaint found a 50-year-old man...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2016
***UPDATE – RCMP have charged 32-year-old Curtis Brian Black of Prince Albert with several offences, including aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Black will be making his first court appearance in Melfort on Tuesday. The...
by MBC News | Mar 18, 2016
A First Nations University business major says it is tough being an indigenous student at most university campuses, but is aiming to change that by taking part in a national student summit in Toronto. Larissa Wahooseyan will be at the Racialized and Indigenous...
by MBC News | Mar 18, 2016
Cindy Blackstock speaks in Saskatoon on Friday. Photo courtesy @VivianGauvin, Twitter A First Nations child welfare activist says more action is needed for First Nations children across the country. In late January the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled the federal...
by MBC News | Mar 18, 2016
Justice Murray Sinclair with Justin Trudeau at December’s Truth and Reconciliation event. Photo courtesy NCTR, Twitter Former TRC Commissioner Justice Murray Sinclair is humbly accepting a senate appointment. The upcoming appointments of seven new senators were...
by MBC News | Mar 17, 2016
The Think Indigenous Education Conference continued in Saskatoon on Thursday. Nearly 600 educators gathered in the city to experience a wide range of topics surrounding Indigenous education. The three day conference officially kicked off Wednesday at the Saskatoon...
by MBC News | Mar 17, 2016
Concerned citizens brought ideas about how to prevent crime to a public meeting last night in La Ronge hosted by the La Ronge Anti-Crime Task Force. Victims like Hugh Watt shared personal stories about how crime is impacting them in the La Ronge area. “Over the...
