by MBC News | Dec 7, 2020
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) has been talking to communities about the importance of getting the flu shot this year. NITHA’s Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnambdi Ndubuka said the health authority has been stressing the need to have the shot amid...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2020
There are 321 active cases of COVID-19 in the north according to the Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA). The far northeast is reporting the most active cases with 143. The far northwest currently has 86 active cases, followed by the northeast, which is at...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2020
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling on the province to halt Crown land sales, claiming it impacts First Nations ability to inherently hunt, fish and gather. “First Nations people rely on access to Crown lands to hunt, fish, trap and gather, which...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2020
The RCMP has ordered an external investigation into the circumstances into the death of a 44-year-old Cote First Nation in police custody. Kamsack RCMP arrested the woman at a home on the First Nation Saturday afternoon without incident. Yet on Sunday morning an...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2020
The Cumberland House Cree Nation is hoping to come out of a two-week lockdown on Monday due to high numbers of COVID-19 cases. Jennifer Stewart-McGillivary, the coordinator of the local command centre, said the community of about 800 people has had as many as 19...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2020
Indigenous hockey legend Fred Sasakamoose’s life was honoured this weekend as part of a funeral service in his home community of the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous players to make it to the NHL, died last month after a short...
