by MBC News | Jun 26, 2015
Radio listeners in Canada’s big cities may soon have a new Aboriginal voice to listen to. The CRTC pulled the plug on the Aboriginal Voices Radio network for failure to comply with its licensing agreement, opening the door for the Canadian Association of...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2015
A new political movement is emerging to get First Nations and Metis people out to vote in the upcoming federal election. The Coalition to Elect a Fair Government is comprised of former Indian Residential School students and other like-minded thinkers. Grant Severight...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2015
Turtleford RCMP are looking for a suspect after a 14-year-old girl was attacked last Saturday night on the Thunderchild First Nation. The teen was able to get away after she stabbed her attacker with a pocket knife on his right forearm. The man is described as being...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015
UPDATE – Statement from Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson (10:15 pm, Thursday, June 25th): Currently there are no fires threatening any of our communities.Due to heavy smoke in Sucker River we are moving people with asthma and chronic illness. We...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015
Nearly 150 people gathered outside of Prince Albert City Hall Thursday morning to remember those we have lost to violence over the past year. The 11th annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk put on by the PAGC’s Women’s Commission took place. The...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015
Canada’s broadcast regulator has pulled the plug on the Aboriginal Voices Radio network. The CRTC has run out of patience and confidence with AVR, revoking its broadcast licence, effective July 25. The ruling mentions five failures of the national broadcaster,...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015
A First Nation in New Brunswick has become the first one in Canada to opt in to the new First Nations Election Act. It is voluntary, and sets up four-year terms of office as well as fixed election dates. There is no role for the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs to...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015
Six American paddlers are making their way up the Churchill River system as part of an ambition canoe trek that began in the Gulf of Mexico. The trip got started on January 2 off the coast of Louisiana and will end in mid-September in the Arctic Ocean. Spokesman John...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015
A state of emergency has been declared for two northern Saskatchewan communities. Wildfire Management officials say fire and smoke are threatening the communities of Sikachu Lake and Clam Lake Bridge and a general evacuation has been ordered. They say the fires arose...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015
Saskatchewan will follow in the footsteps of Manitoba issuing an apology to thousands of Indigenous children placed up for adoption in the 1960s – a practice nicknamed the 60’s Scoop. Premier Brad Wall says the province will make the apology sometime in...
