by MBC News | May 6, 2016
A few Weyakwin residents’ good deed of the day may have prevented a wide spread fire near La Ronge. Irene Leach and a few friends were travelling home from La Ronge after a day of grocery shopping. Just south of town they spotted smoke in the ditch near the...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
An example of a fuel management project. Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment Wildfire Management brochure The Ministry of Environment says they have put in a proposal for fuel management projects in 19 different communities across the north. These...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
The province has imposed open fire bans in seven provincial parks, and 87 municipalities have fire bans in place in Saskatchewan. There is also a wide-sweeping ban in Northern districts, but it covers only unincorporated communities. The deputy commissioner of...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
Dakota Dunes Casino. Photo courtesy Tourism Sask There’s an interesting new Tim Hortons license rolling out in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority as announcing today that its first Tim Hortons will be opening up on July 1 at the Dakota Dunes...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
An outreach program in Saskatoon that aims to bring math and science education to the city’s community schools has received renewed funding. The Kamskenow program aims to bring University of Saskatchewan-level education into community schools to give students...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
One of the set-ups at Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Alberta. Photo courtesy Facebook, Missy Jacknife. As vehicles head from north of Fort McMurray in convoys, evacuation centres on Alberta First Nations are bracing to take in anyone who needs a place to stay. Beaver Lake...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
Photo courtesy Sask Mining Association, Twitter. The latest jobless numbers are out and they show a big jump in the Aboriginal unemployment rate last month. First Nations unemployment is 25.1 per cent, which is up 1.4 per cent. The Metis rate was 10.7 per cent, up...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde speaks with Health Minister Jane Philpott in November. Photo courtesy Twitter Friday is National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations is asking people to educate themselves. AFN...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
Convoys headed south of Fort McMurray on Friday morning. Photo courtesy Facebook, Mike Hudema A massive convoy is underway to move thousands of stranded evacuees from oilfield camps north of the fire-ravaged city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The RCMP and military...
by MBC News | May 5, 2016
The Lac St. Anne fire on Wednesday afternoon before it was contained Photo courtesy Facebook, Angela Phyllis Cassidy A wildfire in Alberta that threatened the upcoming Lac St. Anne Pilgrimage, and homes on the Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation, was snuffed out by...
