by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
Officials with Manitoba’s Northern Health Region hope that procedures can return to normal by Friday at the Flin Flon General Hospital. A water break on the weekend led to the closure of the hospital’s fifth floor where the maternity ward is located....
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2013
The provincial auditor wants the Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region to do a better job recording who is filling out prescriptions at the clinic in Sandy Bay. A review by the provincial auditor found many instances where staff couldn’t say which doctor had...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
Golden Band Resources has announced it is suspending its mining operations — beginning January 1st. That includes work at the Roy Lloyd and Golden Heart mines and the Jolu mill. CEO Paul Saxton says weak gold prices are the main reason why, and the company...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
The Chief of the Assembly of First Nations is heading to South Africa. Shawn Atleo will attend the memorial service for the late Nelson Mandela. He will travel alongside an official delegation from Canada. In a release Atleo says – “The life, work and spirit of...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
The question remains whether police and staff at a Saskatoon hospital should have kept Stanley Robillard there against his wishes on the night he died three years ago. The 46-year-old man was highly intoxicated, had fallen at least twice hitting his head and later...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
A new study on diabetes in the aboriginal community finds first nations people develop the disease on average 15 years earlier, and as a result are twice as lucky to suffer from end stage kidney failure. The senior author of the study, Dr. Roland Dyck, a university of...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
Corrections Canada is investigating the death of a prisoner from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge. 56 year-old Kenneth Obey was serving a two-year and eight-month sentence for impaired driving and driving while disqualified. He began serving his sentence in June. Jeff...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
A northern Saskatchewan man that has been wanted by police for several months is now in custody. Jeffrey Ryan Wolverine was arrested in Saskatoon on December 5. Wolverine had been serving a community sentence when he failed to make a July 23 court appearance on the...
by MBC News | Dec 9, 2013
A new electronic system of registering mineral claims is being called a huge success. The Mineral Administration Registry Saskatchewan system, or MARS was introduced last December. Since then the area registered for mineral exploration in the province has increased by...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2013
Saskatchewan Liberals are gathering in Regina this weekend to discuss Aboriginal policy. The Indigenous Education Summit will take place at the First Nations University of Canada on Saturday. Event organizer Kevin Seesequasis says the Harper Conservatives have not...
