by MBC News | Dec 11, 2013
A former deputy minister for the federal government is shedding more light on why First Nations and the government can’t seem to agree on how underfunded First Nations schools are. Speaking this morning at the special chief’s assembly in Quebec, Don Drummond says...
by MBC News | Dec 11, 2013
The Hatchet Lake First Nation has announced the purchase of a Prince Albert-based trucking company. Hatchet Lake Development Limited has acquired the assets of Red’s Transport and the new company is known as Caribou Transport. It is the first First Nations-owned...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
An autopsy has been ordered after the deaths of two infant boys yesterday at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. Police were called to a home on the reserve around 10:30 in the morning after reports that the twin boys were not breathing. Loon Lake RCMP Sergeant Shawn...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
The mayor of La Ronge says the lay-off of 120 miners by Golden Band Resources is a big hit for a small community. The company announced it was suspending operations at three of its mines in the area indefinitely as a result of rising costs and lower revenues for gold....
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
Stanley Robillard should have been seen by a doctor within a half hour of arriving at a Saskatoon hospital three years ago but it never happened. Instead, the coroner’s inquest into the death of the 46-year-old man heard Tuesday he was released from St. Paul’s...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
A Dene leader from the Northwest Territories says he thinks First Nations need to see poverty and economic development as something that affects them all equally. Richard Nairuhsue spoke this morning at the special chief’s assembly going on in Quebec. He says housing,...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is taking aim at another chief over his salary. The federation’s Prairie director, Colin Craig, says Chief Wallace Fox of the Onion Lake Cree Nation makes more than Premier Brad Wall, even though Fox serves less than 4,000 band...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
Officials with Manitoba’s Northern Health Region hope that procedures can return to normal by Friday at the Flin Flon General Hospital. A water break on the weekend led to the closure of the hospital’s fifth floor where the maternity ward is located....
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
The provincial auditor wants the Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region to do a better job recording who is filling out prescriptions at the clinic in Sandy Bay. A review by the provincial auditor found many instances where staff couldn’t say which doctor had...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
Golden Band Resources has announced it is suspending its mining operations — beginning January 1st. That includes work at the Roy Lloyd and Golden Heart mines and the Jolu mill. CEO Paul Saxton says weak gold prices are the main reason why, and the company...
