by MBC News | Nov 10, 2015 | Current News
Voting is underway on a water diversion project that could pump $1.3 billion to the Black Lake First Nation. That dollar value is what the community stands to gain over the 90-year life of the Tazi Twe Hydroelectric Project – if band members vote in favour of...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2015 | Current News
Former and current First Nations soldiers were honoured on Tuesday at the First Nations University in Regina. They took part in a Remembrance Day service recognizing the long history and sacrifices made by Canada’s aboriginal soldiers. The service began with the Grand...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2015 | Current News
West Wind Aviation began weekday scheduled flight service to La Ronge on Monday. The new flight connects the northern community to Wollaston Lake, Points North Landing, Prince Albert and Saskatoon. Company president Gord Gillespie says after an unsuccessful attempt to...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2015 | Current News
The Saskatchewan NDP says an ever-growing provincial roads budget isn’t helping the people of Dore Lake. Critic Buckley Belanger brought up the poor quality of Highway 924 in Question Period on Monday, which was spurred by a special visit to the Legislative...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2015 | Current News
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says there is a new sense of urgency to get approval for the Energy East pipeline, but he is already rejecting calls for a special resource revenue-sharing deal with First Nations. That call comes from the Federation of Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Nov 7, 2015 | Current News
Northern fishers are having some trust issues when it comes to new buyers for their commercial stock. For a long time, Saskatchewan’s commercial fishers sold to only one company, but their world is widening since that ended in 2012. Chinese company Invent I.O.T....
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2015 | Current News
RCMP have released more information on the deaths of two people yesterday in Meadow Lake and they are calling it a murder-suicide. Around 10 a.m. Thursday RCMP received a call about shots being fired. When officers arrived they found the bodies of two adult men...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2015 | Current News
An expert on Indigenous mental health describes the suicide rate in the province’s north as a crises. Dr. Caroline Tait says the solutions must come from the communities themselves, with input from indigenous youth. But she also urges governments to commit financial...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2015 | Current News
The Onion Lake hockey community is up in arms over what’s being described as a racist goal celebration. A member of the Lloydminster Bandits Junior B team allegedly taunted the hometown Border Chiefs’ bench with a bow-and-arrow gesture in Wednesday...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2015 | Current News
The president of the Metis National Council is among Canada’s Indigenous leaders applauding the election of the Trudeau government and the new line-up of ministers who will be in cabinet. Clem Chartier says there has not been much progress over the last 10...
