Murray Wood: What happened to basic manners?
At the risk of sounding old fashioned, Murray Wood is questioning the manners of some of the people he meets. He says pe...
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Poundmaker, Plains Cree to be featured in popular video game
By Taylor MacPherson Canada's Plains Cree and Chief Poundmaker have been included in the newest edition of the popular Civilization video game series, but one elected official from the Poundmaker Cree...
Jan 04, 2018 Chief Poundmaker, as seen in the trailer for a new video game called Civilization VI: Rise and Fall coming out in Feb. 2018 (Take-Two Interactive Software)
Cost of bringing First Nations water systems up to snuff could total $3.2B: PBO
OTTAWA - Jane Philpott says the federal government will spend as much money as it takes to end long-term, boil-water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. The Indigenous services mini...
Dec 08, 2017
Thunderchild First Nation taken to court to open books
One man from the Thunderchild First Nation has taken the band to court to open its books and release financial documents. Harrison Thunderchild, who's coincidentally from the Thunderchild First Nation...
Nov 21, 2017 Harrison Thunderchild (left) and Todd MacKay of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation stand outside Court of Queen's Bench in Regina after filing a court application against the Thunderchild First Nation on Nov. 21, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Education minister reaffirms support for treaty education
Saskatchewan's education minister is apologizing after an uproar about her comments about Indigenous education Education Minister Bronwyn Eyre apologized for discussing her son's homework in a public ...
Nov 14, 2017 Saskatchewan Minister of Education Bronwyn Eyre. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Boushie family ‘disgusted’ RCMP cleared its own officers of misconduct
SASKATOON - The family of an Indigenous man who was shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm says it's "extremely upset and disgusted" that Mounties have cleared their own officers of misconduct. Colten B...
Nov 06, 2017
Philpott calls emergency meeting with provinces on Indigenous child welfare
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is calling for an emergency meeting early next year on Aboriginal child welfare, likening the current state of affairs to Canada's residential schoo...
Nov 02, 2017
Saskatoon school board responds to controversial crossword
For the second time in just over two weeks, an outdated homework assignment has come back to haunt a Saskatchewan school. First, it was a word search containing long-discarded terms for Indigenous peo...
Oct 25, 2017 A decades-old crossword puzzle containing long-discarded terms for Indigenous people was handed out as a homework assignment at a Saskatoon school in October 2017. (Facebook/Jaris Swidrovich)
Indigenous Peoples paradox: Aboriginals younger, but getting old, census finds
OTTAWA - A high fertility rate and a growing sense of self are fuelling an explosion in the ranks of Indigenous Peoples, according to fresh census numbers that lay bare the demographic challenges faci...
Oct 25, 2017
’60s Scoop deal to compensate victims, fund reconciliation foundation
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett held back tears as she announced an agreement in principle with survivors of the '60s Scoop. The agreement provides up to $750 million in c...
Oct 06, 2017
Premier Wall sees issue of racism improving among youth
Premier Brad Wall doesn't think the issue of racism that has reared its head in the past month is unique to Saskatchewan. "I just want to reject the fact that I have seen commentary - that it's someho...
Aug 25, 2016
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