by MBC News | Feb 2, 2012
The Muskowekwan First Nation is expanding the amount of land a potash company can explore. Encanto Potash Corporation says it has been given the green light to add significant new lands to the current Joint Venture Agreement with the band. The additional lands will be...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2012
A new strategy by the federal government to protect the woodland caribou was a hot topic at this week’s SUMA meeting in Regina. The strategy has been panned by mining groups as one that could effectively shut down economic and social development in northern...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2012
Northern communities could soon feel the financial pinch of new regulations regarding landfills. Wayne Clifton is the chairman of the province’s Environmental Code development committee. Clifton notes new standards are being implemented to protect the...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2012
A 19-year-old woman from the Pelican Lake First Nation will stand trial on charges of failing to remain at the scene of an accident and criminal negligence causing death. A preliminary hearing was held for Danielle Chamakese earlier this week. The teenager is accused...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2012
Tears, anger and painful memories are bubbling to the surface in Prince Albert this week. Survivors of Canada’s residential schools have begun to tell their stories at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings taking place in the city. Many former...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2012
Victims of crime are being encouraged to register with a federal program so they are notified when their offender returns to the community. The Saskatoon-based Regional Victim Services manager with the Correctional Service of Canada, Laurie Burnouf, says the program...
