by MBC News | Aug 23, 2012
A bigger population on the Mosquito First Nation is forcing the band to expand its water distribution system.Later this month, construction is expected to begin on an approximately $4-million water system upgrade project. Mosquito’s water treatment plant and...
by MBC News | Aug 23, 2012
A desire to learn more about her Aboriginal culture may take a Prince Albert girl all the way to Ottawa in December. Charmaine Gamble is one of 30 finalists across the country in an online Canadian history video contest. At the start, 200 people were entered. In her...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
A Regina mother is expected to face charges after her baby was hospitalized last night. The one-year-old girl was in medical distress when paramedics and police arrived at the central Regina home. The child is now reported to be in stable condition, but was kept in...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
A double stabbing in Regina’s North Central neighbourhood has sent two men to hospital with knife wounds. The stabbing happened at about 3:00 this morning. A 22-year-old Regina man and a 26-year-old Yorkton man were walking down the street when they were...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
Sentences have been handed down for two of three youths charged in a bear mace attack and beating in North Battleford. The youths, aged 17 and 15, were sentenced by North Battleford Provincial Court Judge Dan O’Hanlon yesterday. The 15-year-old received 12...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
The government is working towards implementing an information-sharing system — dubbed “Panorama”. The issue was addressed during a First Nations health conference in Saskatoon today. Deborah Kupchanko of Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
Air quality in Saskatchewan is getting a good grade from the provincial government. A new study by the Ministry of Environment looked at pollutants like sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and particulate matter over a 10-year period. It found...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
A former tribal leader and Member of Parliament says he thinks police forces across Canada are getting more comfortable with Aboriginal policing. Gary Merasty was the keynote speaker at this week’s meeting of police chiefs across Canada on the Membertou reserve...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
A total of 21 graduates from two Saskatoon Aboriginal employment training programs are now looking for work. Seven graduated from the Aboriginal Heavy Equipment Operator and 1A licence pre-employment training program. Another 14 graduated from the Atoske Summer...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2012
A hunger strike inside the Prince Albert Correctional Centre has now ended. The eight inmates who were taking part in the demonstration began accepting food Monday night. The inmates were upset after their free time was cut from six hours a day to one. The jail said...
