PBCN Official Weighs In On Nuclear Waste Issue

A councilor from the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is voicing her concern about Creighton’s advancement on the list of communities that could someday host a nuclear waste repository. Last week the Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced that Creighton had moved...

Province Makes Headway On HIV Reduction

The provincial government says its annual HIV/AIDS statistical report shows it’s making progress on reducing HIV rates. There were 177 new HIV cases in Saskatchewan in 2012, a 5% decrease from 2011. The province says this is happening despite increased access to...

Public Warned About Offender’s Release

Regina police have issued a public alert about a violent offender who is now living in the city’s core area. Police say 44-year-old Lorne Moosomin has a history of violent armed offences against men, women and children. He will be living in a halfway house under...

First Nations Learn The Latest About Tax-Laws

First Nations will learn a little bit more about how to wade through the world of taxes today. An Alberta business group is putting on a seminar in Winnipeg for band managers, chiefs and other delegates. Denis Smith is a partner with Group Mind-Set, the organization...

Website Launched To Preserve Native Languages

Allan Adam has always been interested in using mass media to preserve and promote Indigenous languages. For the past five years, he has owned and operated his own website which contains videos and audio files to help people learn First Nations languages. The longtime...