by MBC News | Dec 18, 2015
Fire destroyed Sid Fiddler’s cabin that he planned to use to host sweat lodge ceremonies during the winter. Image courtesy of Sid Fiddler Last weekend fire destroyed a log house on the Waterhen Lake First Nation that an Elder planned to use to host sweat lodge...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2015
Construction will get underway early in the New Year at a Saskatoon home for at-risk single mothers. The EGADZ’s Sweet Dreams home will expand to include a 22-space daycare centre plus four additional bedrooms. Executive Director Don Meikle says the EGADZ program has...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2015
The deputy minister of government relations says lessons learned during this year’s unprecedented forest fire season will form the basis for firefighting efforts in the future. Al Hilton says the government is now in the process of a major review, based on input from...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2015
A new seniors housing complex designed for First Nations elders got its grand opening in North Regina this morning. The two-storey, 26-suite apartment complex offers moderate and low-income suites. It was funded by the federal and provincial governments and Silver...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2015
One of the buyers, out of Porcupine Plain, at the trappers table. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Trappers are in Prince Albert to show their offerings from the trapline so far this year. The Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association is hosting a trappers table, that ends...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2015
Resource revenue sharing for First Nations is out, but more money and more effort to close the education gap is in. During a year-end interview with MBC News, provincial NDP leader Cam Broten shared some of his views on where the party is heading. Aboriginal issues...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2015
Ernie Louttit speaks at the gang prevention and awareness session. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Some gang statistics are giving members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation quite a shock this week. The information is part of the reserve’s annual Family Wellness...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2015
Logs being barged across Nemeiben Lake. Photo courtesy Pioneer Log Homes, Twitter. The new season of the HGTV show Timber Kings is set to unveil a cabin build in northern Saskatchewan. The show follows a B-C based construction company – Pioneer Log Homes – known...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2015
Underground mining activities have been restricted at Cameco’s Rabbit Lake operation. Company officials say after the reopening of an inactive area of the Eagle Point mine, a fall of rock was discovered in a tunnel. No groundwater inflow to the mine was found,...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2015
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is calling on the federal government to declare December 14 as Indian Residential School Memorial Day. Earlier this week, Justice Murray Sinclair delivered the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report about...
