by MBC News | May 8, 2013
A 28-year-old man from Montreal Lake is accused of killing a three-year-old boy. Martin Abel Bird appeared in Prince Albert court on a charge of second-degree murder Wednesday morning. The toddler was rushed to hospital April 7 but died an hour later. An autopsy was...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013
Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal population is the fastest growing and youngest segment of the provincial population. New numbers from Statistics Canada for 2011 put the Aboriginal population in the province at just under 160,000, or 15.6 per cent of the total population....
by MBC News | May 8, 2013
Fourteen Saskatchewan communities, including six First Nations, are still under a state of emergency because of spring flooding. Deputy commissioner of emergency planning Colin King says a big area of concern is the James Smith Cree Nation, south of Nipawin. He says...
by MBC News | May 8, 2013
The Liberal critic for Aboriginal Affairs says the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission needs to be extended. The TRC’s five-year mandate is due to wrap up in July of next year. However, Carolyn Bennett says she thinks the government needs to talk to the...
by MBC News | May 7, 2013
It’s been almost three years since anyone last saw Karina Wolfe, and the Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan held a fundraiser today in the hopes of finding the missing Saskatoon woman. The event was held at the Saskatoon Friendship Centre on Wall Street,...
by MBC News | May 7, 2013
The price for uranium is low right now, and plans for new nuclear plants in some countries are mothballed. But retired Cameco CEO Jerry Grandey says that won’t last. He says the future of uranium is bright, thanks to fast-growing countries like China and India....
