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Muskoday Chief pledges action on poverty, and improved transparency – paNOW
Mar 25, 2019 Fresh off last week’s election win, Herman Crain starts his first full week as chief of Muskoday First Nation. Crain was a councillor for close to 30 years and a longtime member of the Muskoday Fire Department. He received almost 200 more votes than Sandi Leboeuf. “The people gave me a lot […]
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Northern NDP MP says Indigenous languages underfunded in 2019 Liberal budget – MBC Network Radio Online
Mar 21, 2019 Saskatchewan’s northern MP says there is both good and bad in the 2019 federal Liberal budget in terms of Indigenous spending. NDP MP Georgina Jolibois says the fact the Trudeau government has targeted $334 million over five years for the preservation and revitalization of Indigenous languages is a step in the right […]
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FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron reacts to federal and Sask. budgets – Global News
March 21 2019 FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron talks about what both the federal and Saskatchewan budgets mean to Indigenous people. Read More: https://globalnews.ca/video/5080457/fsin-chief-bobby-cameron-reacts-to-federal-and-sask-budgets/
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Indigenous affairs to receive 4.7% funding hike in 2019-20 – StarPhoenix
Weeks after teasing a “maintain and sustain” budget, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday tabled a budget that included a funding increase of almost five per cent for Indigenous communities, but few new initiatives. Here’s everything you need to know: By The Numbers $211M: Targeted support for First Nations and Metis communities, businesses and organizations. […]
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Budget Supports First Nations And Métis People In Saskatchewan
March 20, 2019 The Government of Saskatchewan continues to support Indigenous communities with funding programs and initiatives. The province’s 2019-20 Budget provides more than $211 million in targeted investment that will benefit Indigenous communities, businesses and organizations. This is a 4.7 per cent increase over last year. “This government is committed to an ongoing dialogue […]
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Métis National Council holding Sixties Scoop settlement hearings in Saskatoon from April 5-7 – The Prince Albert Daily Herald
March 19, 2019 The Metis National Council is stressing urgency as it works to negotiate a settlement for Metis survivors of the Sixties Scoop before the November federal election. Metis Nation Governing Members are holding six engagement sessions over the next two months for Metis survivors of the Sixties Scoop. Engagement sessions started Friday in […]
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Social Services And Saskatoon Tribal Council Sign New Agreements
March 15, 2019 Today, the Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) officially signed agreements to work toward “meaningful improvements in the lives of children, youth and families.” “These agreements demonstrate our government’s unwavering commitment to putting children, youth and families first, and to strengthening services for First Nations families,” Premier Scott Moe […]
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Sask. NDP says proposed provincial trespass law changes are divisive – Globalnews.ca
March 7, 2019 An Opposition member is accusing the Saskatchewan government of playing wedge politics and excluding Indigenous voices with its proposed changes to the province’s trespass laws. Buckley Belanger, the Saskatchewan NDP member for the northern constituency of Athabasca, made the remarks in the legislature Wednesday during a debate about the Trespass to Property […]
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A timeline of the SNC-Lavalin affair – paNOW
Mar 05, 2019 OTTAWA — A chronology of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony from Jody Wilson-Raybould: Feb. 19, 2015 – The RCMP lays corruption and fraud charges against Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin, over business dealings in Libya. SNC-Lavalin says the charges are without merit and the allegations linked […]
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SHA commits to Truth and Reconciliation with Sask. First Nations peoples – 620 CKRM
March 04, 2019 A significant step was taken Monday in Regina towards truth and reconciliation, as the Saskatchewan Health Authority committed to truth and reconciliation. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission detailed a report with several calls to action, in an effort to move forward with the process in conjuction with First Nations and Indigenous peoples. […]
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