by MBC News | Apr 15, 2013
A joint task force on Aboriginal education and employment released its long awaited report today and now all that remains to be seen is which recommendations will be acted on. The report was released after almost a year of public hearings around the province and there...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2013
A First Nations man has been picked to head up the Prince Albert Board of Police Commissioners. Richard Ahenakew is the general manager of the Northern Lights Casino. He also is a past chairman of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. This morning, he was sworn in as...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2013
The trial of a man accused of killing an Onion Lake Cree Nation woman in Saskatoon nine years ago may still be several months away. Douglas Hales of White Fox is charged with first degree murder and offering an indignity to a human body in the 2004 death of Daleen...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2013
It was a year in the making and today, the Joint Task Force on Improving First Nations and Metis Education and Employment released its final report. It is an 83-page document with 25 recommendations — all of them aimed at closing the economic gap between...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2013
A new treatment centre has opened in Prince Albert. The facility is located beside the Victoria Hospital, and designed to help mothers who are struggling with addictions but who don’t want to leave their children. Dory Gaudet is a manager with the Prince Albert...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2013
La Ronge’s mayor believes a paving project approved by town council earlier this week will do much for the community’s image. Council has approved a $1.5-million project that will see the streets that service the local health centre, rink, town office,...
