by MBC News | May 1, 2012
Final details are being worked out for the Royal visit to the First Nations University of Canada in Regina later this month. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit the school on May 23rd. FNUniv executive director of community relations Richard Missens says...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012
The federal government is working to improve pay for water plant operators on First Nations. Aboriginal Affairs spokesman Gail Mitchell made that statement during a Senate committee hearing in Ottawa today. Mitchell admitted that many water plant operators on reserves...
by MBC News | May 1, 2012
Some outstanding First Nations talent was celebrated over the weekend in Saskatoon. It was the 14th year for the SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence. Tara Willet of the Little Pine First Nation and Perry Opoonechaw of the Chakastaypasin First Nation took...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2012
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will make a stop at the First Nations University of Canada campus in Regina next month. It is part of a whirlwind, three-province trip to Canada to honour the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The couple will arrive in the country...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2012
Three La Ronge men face several charges after local RCMP confiscated weapons and drugs in a raid on a local residence over the weekend. Mounties executed a search warrant on a home in the town just before 2:00 Saturday morning. Police seized a quantity of cocaine with...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2012
A water engineer from the Prince Albert Grand Council has been sent to Black Lake to help address a low-water problem there. For just over two weeks, water pressure on the reserve has been sporadic. Residents say they have to wait for hours for the water to come on...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2012
Northern Saskatchewan contractors aren’t being used as much as they could be, at least according to a member of an Aboriginal Affairs advisory group. John Keyuk says too many large companies from out-of-province wind up getting major contracts in the region:...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2012
An Opposition MP is calling on the federal government to renew funding to the Aboriginal Justice Strategy. New Democrat Jean Crowder says many programs covered under the plan don’t know whether they will continue or not, now that funding has sunsetted....
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2012
Efforts are underway by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and Saskatchewan’s Children’s Advocate to make life better for Aboriginal children and youth. FSIN spokesman Kyle Prettyshield says both sides are working on a letter of understanding on...
by MBC News | Apr 30, 2012
RCMP say the body of a missing woman from the Fishing Lake First Nation has been found. Searchers located the remains of 47-year-old Beverly Ann Cyr early Sunday afternoon in a body of water, roughly 6 km downstream from where her vehicle was found last week. Her van...
