by MBC News | Feb 10, 2015
A total of 280 SaskPower customers on the Hatchet Lake First Nation were without power for nearly a day. The outage began late Sunday afternoon and was only resolved by SaskPower workers early yesterday afternoon — 21 hours later. Reserve residents were...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2015
A Metis doctor and medical health researcher says Canada is in denial about racism in the health care system and how Aboriginals have become “second class” citizens when it comes to treatment. Dr. Janet Smylie authored a report called, “First...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2015
Gilbert Ledoux has been elected as the new chief of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Ledoux defeated four other challengers in yesterday’s chief and council elections, including incumbent Cliff Tawpisin by a mere two votes. Albert Dean Lafond and Harry James Lafond...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has distributed $75,000 to members whose trap lines were affected by the construction of a major power line. The band was involved in two years of negotiations regarding the 300 km transmission line running from Island Falls to Key Lake...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Aboriginals who were adopted into white families as children are suing the federal government. Almost 1,200 adoptees in Saskatchewan have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for their loss of culture and emotional trauma. Starting in the 1960s, thousands...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Unlike last year at this time, the flood forecast for this spring shows no indication of any major problems — but a lot can change in a short time. Today, Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency reported that below normal spring runoff is expected in the...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
There are lots of highlights and optimism for Cameco, but 2014 has been another difficult year for the uranium producer. It is still waiting for long-term contracts and it is still being affected by low world prices for a commodity that is one of the biggest...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Five people from the Onion Lake Cree Nation were taken to hospital on the weekend after a single-vehicle rollover. Turtleford RCMP say the incident in the RM of Frenchman Butte was reported around 1 pm Sunday. A 40-year-old passenger in the vehcile received serious...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
University of Saskatchewan researchers are working with students at a northern school in order to show the effects of ecological change to an inland freshwater delta. The School of Environment and Sustainability has teamed up with Charlebois Community School in...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2015
A Prince Albert man charged with manslaughter in relation to an incident in September 2013 has pleaded guilty. Charles Adam Stewart had originally been charged with the second-degree murder of Davis David Broussie. Broussie had been attacked and stabbed in a Subway...
