by MBC News | Jun 18, 2013
A First Nations fashion designer from the Montreal Lake Cree nation is getting noticed in Hollywood. Linda Lavallee now lives in Chilliwack B.C. but part of her business still operates out of Saskatchewan. She designs and makes one of a kind handcrafted boots. Her...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2013
Traffic is flowing again north of Prince Albert — which is music to the ears of people who live north of Montreal Lake. Highway 2 north of Prince Albert has been re-opened after a huge sinkhole closed both lanes south of Weyakwin over the weekend. The washout...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2013
A woman from the Shoal Lake Cree Nation says privacy needs to be respected when it comes to addressing violence against women on reserve. Theresa Whitecap spoke this morning at the PAGC women’s wellness conference in Prince Albert. For years she has volunteered...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2013
Heavy rains have pushed two First Nations to the breaking point. Evacuations are set to take place this morning on the James Smith First Nation while the Beardy’s Okemasis reserve was forced to close down four roads and is struggling to get children to school. Everett...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2013
A resident of Sandy Bay says he is growing frustrated waiting for the Saskatchewan government to compensate his community over the impact of the Island Falls hydro-electric dam. The facility was built around 1930 and flooded several trapping and fishing sites in the...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2013
Saskatchewan Highways is advising that a section of Highway 2 between La Ronge and Prince Albert is closed indefinitely because of a washout between Weyakwin and the Montreal Lake turnoff. Flooding has created a large sinkhole about 52 km north of the Waskesiu...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says the federal government’s new safe drinking water act violates treaty rights, provides insufficient funding to enforce standards and has been passed without proper consultation. The organization adds the new...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
A northern Saskatchewan elder who developed a Cree language dictionary is being remembered for his knowledge of the language. Colin Charles of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band passed away earlier this week at the age of 93. Lois Dalby worked with Charles at the...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
The province announced a half million-dollar strategy this morning aimed at reducing Saskatchewan’s tuberculosis infection rates. The plan aims to reduce tuberculosis by 25 per cent over the next five years by increasing prevention education, diagnosis and enhancing...
by MBC News | Jun 14, 2013
A band councillor with the Pasqua First Nation, located east of Regina, says funding to help First Nations people with disabilities is not winding up in the hands of the people who need it the most. Lindsay Cyr says that issue will be addressed at a Saskatchewan First...
