by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
An RCMP constable says he wishes he had insisted that a Brabant Lake man stay at the hospital, instead of taking him away for a night in the La Ronge drunk tank. Cst. Wayne Wagner’s recorded testimony was played for the jury at a coroner’s inquest into the...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
BHP Billiton says it wants to engage, encourage and employ as many aboriginal people as it can at its Jansen Lake Potash project. The company’s asset president, Alex Archila made the commitment during an address to the Canadian council for Aboriginal Business at the...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
There’s a new chief at the Birch Narrows Dene Nation. A few days ago challenger John-Paul Sylvester defeated incumbent leader Robert Sylvester to win the title. He’ll now serve a four-year term. Joining him on council are three new faces. They include Doreen Morin,...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
Police in Regina are searching for a missing girl. 14 year-old Angelica Laclaire was last seen in the city on March 2nd. But police say she was also seen, later that day, in Moosomin. There are also reports of a possible sighting in Brandon as well. She is Aboriginal,...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2014
The University of Saskatchewan will be celebrating Aboriginal Languages next week. The school has announced that Cree, Michief and Denesuline will all be showcased in a week-long display of Aboriginal pride and culture. Annie Baptiste works at the Aboriginal Student...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2014
The minister of Aboriginal Affairs says he’s pleased more First Nations have signed onto the government’s land management act. The act allows bands to create their own land codes. This allows them to create businesses and zone the land for different things...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2014
AREVA Resources says it doesn’t have a timeline yet on when it intends to ask the provincial government to assume responsibility for the site of a former Uranium mine. Spokesman Jarrett Adams says there are no longer any personnel staffed at the site of the...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2014
A veteran emergency room nurse says she saw no medical signs that one of her ER regulars would be dead less than 36 hours after she last saw him. Cindy Penney, a nurse with more than 25 years experience at the La Ronge Health Centre, testified today at a...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2014
The Flying Dust First Nation could be without water for the next two days. A pipe broke in Meadow Lake this morning forcing the city to shut off water to the entire area. City manager Diana Burton says crews are working to restore service but it will take time: “Water...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2014
The search is on to find a better way of dealing with catastrophic floods on First Nations reserves. This morning in Ottawa, Senators from the Standing Committee for Aboriginal Peoples heard from two experts in Aboriginal banking. Harry Willmot of the Royal Bank says...
