by MBC News | Jan 6, 2014
Two high-profile court cases could spell big progress for First Nations in 2014, says the chief of the FSIN. Perry Bellegarde says both the Williams’ case in B.C. and the Keewatin case in Treaty 3 Ontario are very important matters the Federation is watching closely....
by MBC News | Jan 6, 2014
The regulatory approval process for Cameco’s proposed Millenium Project is expected to continue this year. In early December the Saskatchewan government approved the company’s Environmental Impact Statement for the uranium mine which would be located about...
by MBC News | Jan 6, 2014
A Metis fisherman from Manitoba has some novel ideas on how to improve the state of the industry. Kim Sigurdson says the first thing that needs to happen is for the monopoly of the Fresh Water Fish Marketing Corporation to be broken up. Sigurdson feels the monopoly...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013
A former teacher at the Moosomin First Nation’s Day School charged with numerous sex crimes says he cannot afford a lawyer. Sixty-nine-year-old Morris David Hryniuk is facing charges of indecent assault from eight different alleged victims between the years of...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013
The Saskatchewan Research Council is hoping to move on to the next stage of cleanup at the Gunnar Mine Site. The company says all of the buildings that once stood at the uranium mine have now been removed. However they still have to analyze the ground water and soil...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013
Last week’s supreme court ruling that stuck down Canada’s prostitution laws is being met with skepticism by one outreach worker in Prince Albert. Donna Brooks of the YWCA says she’s not sure the decision will benefit women caught in the sex-trade. On the one hand...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013
A man from the Kawacatoose First Nation has been charged with aggravated assault after a young child was injured last year. Punnichy RCMP received a call in February 2012 that a 10-month-old infant had been brought to Fort Qu’Appelle Hospital with a broken leg....
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013
The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society is offering a $5,000 reward for information on an injured dog in Patuanak. On December 9, Patuanak RCMP received reports that a puppy was set on fire using an accelerant. The incident left the puppy badly injured and scarred and...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013
The Provincial government is investing $40,000 in a new program designed to help homeless people in Prince Albert. The YWCA has been selected to operate the cold weather shelter program out of the Our House shelter facility. It is designed to give people who are...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013
The international community is where one Winnipeg writer thinks First Nations should turn to — in order to force the government to change the status quo. Don Marks says the Canadian government frequently tries to craft an image of itself as being a kind and...
