by MBC News | Jan 13, 2014
The year 2013 was a good one for Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers and officials hope to further promote the program in the new year. Last year, about 900 tips were received from the public which led to the recovery of property, dozens of arrests and the apprehension of a...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2014
The province’s deputy medical health officer says it was a very difficult decision to make, but the province has to severely restrict the availability of the flu vaccine. Effective immediately, only children under the age of five and pregnant women will get the...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2014
The federal government is trumpeting the progress it says it has made on First Nations issues. In a release, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says it is nearing two years since Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with Aboriginal leaders in a historic...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2014
Work continues on a new artwork that is being created to honour the legacy of residential school survivors. Renowned artist Carey Newman and a colleague are crisscrossing Canada collecting pieces of residential schools and other items associated with their existence....
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
The mother of a murdered Aboriginal woman in Regina looked for answers as she looked into the face of the man accused of taking her daughter’s life last September. Thirty-two-year-old Clayton Bo Eichler made a brief appearance in Regina Provincial Court this...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
A new animated TV series designed to get children to learn Cree words premiered on APTN this morning. “Louis Says” is a half-hour program produced by MBC. It’s about a six-year-old named Randy who learns new words in Cree while helping an elder named...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
A group of eight students from Churchill High School in La Ronge are getting a lesson in outdoor survival today. As part of the Northern Lifestyles class, they will learn how to build a fire and a shelter in the winter — and then camp out overnight. Tom Charles,...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
A legal expert says the stakes are high in a legal battle involving a BC First Nation. The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to rule on the William Case sometime this year. The Tsilhqot’in Nation is seeking a broad territorial declaration of Aboriginal title...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
Recent talk of shipping oil though Churchill, Manitoba is raising some alarm bells. Eric Reder of the Wilderness Committee says a report on a Manitoba government website says the idea is being looked at. While the province hasn’t shown any willingness to adopt...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2014
Band officials have closed the Canoe Lake First Nation school for the rest of the week after one person in the community was diagnosed with the H1N1 strain of influenza. Chief Robert Opikokew says it is a precautionary move since many people in the community attended...
