by MBC News | Feb 1, 2012
The Prairie North Health Region is trying to persuade more Aboriginal people to join its workforce. PNHR says 28% of the heath region’s population is Aboriginal, but only 6% of its workforce is First Nations or Metis. The health region has some strategies to...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2012
Residential school survivors have begun to tell their stories today at the Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre. This morning marked the start of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s visit to the city. Opening statements were made before...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2012
A ratification vote of a flooding settlement for the Sakimay First Nation has passed overwhelmingly. Band members approved the $21-million deal by a vote count of 306 to 19. Members are expected to receive their $1,000 per capita payment in August. Chief Lynn Acoose...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2012
About 70 students at the Little Pine First Nation have been inducted into a new anti-bullying program. The program is called “WITS” and stands for walk away, ignore, talk it out, and seek help. It is aimed at kids from Kindergarten to Grade 3. RCMP say...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2012
An 18-year-old male from Montreal Lake is facing more than two dozen charges after a crime spree in Regina last week. On the morning of January 24th, police were called out to investigate two robberies and an attempted robbery. Police say a long-barrelled firearm was...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2012
An 18-year-old Saskatoon woman is facing numerous charges after two women were stabbed at a house party on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. RCMP say the victims were part of a group of five people who had vehicle trouble while travelling through the reserve on Sunday....
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2012
A woman found seriously injured in the front yard of a Regina home has now died in what police are calling the city’s first homicide of the year. Police say 48-year-old Elise Anne Cote of Regina was at a house party in the 2000 block of Edgar Street with four...
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2012
There is still life in a plan to build a road between Fort McMurray and La Loche. Bruce Simms, the CEO of the Mamawetan Northwest Resource Partnership, says his group has hired a consultant to organize a partnership deal between industry and the Alberta and...
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2012
Metis residents will be allowed to self-declare their status during this spring’s Metis Nation – Saskatchewan vote. The MN-S is holding its general election on May 30th. Ron Lemabe is the speaker for the MN-S Legislative Assembly. Lemabe says the process...
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2012
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is making strides towards self-government for its nine member bands. Tribal chief Eric Sylvestre reports they are coming close to the end of negotiations with the federal government, noting a financial offer was presented to the...
