by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
The City of Prince Albert expects a report soon on the structural integrity of the Gateway Mall – specifically it’s rooftop parking. City manager Robert Cotterill says the request was made of the mall shortly after the Elliot Lake mall collapse last year....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
A group of Stanley Mission residents plan to begin a walk to Ottawa tomorrow. It’s called “A Sacred Journey For Future Generations” and the walk is in support of the Idle No More movement’s opposition to the Conservative government’s Bill C-45. Organizer Bruce...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
One of the richest companies in the province is partnering with the Salvation Army to help some of Regina’s poorest kids get a decent meal every day. Mosaic is the world’s largest producer of potash-based fertilizers. It employs more than 8,000 people in eight...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
A Regina judge has followed the recommendations of a sentencing circle granting freedom to a woman from the Sakimay First Nation in southeast Saskatchewan. She has been in custody for the past two and a half years. Prosecutors wanted to keep her there for another two...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
Charges have been laid against one person after about $7,000 worth of liquor was seized south of Black Lake. RCMP say a vehicle was pulled over and searched on the Athabasca seasonal road around 5 p.m. Wednesday. Corporal Larry Kurtenbach of the Stony Rapids...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
The government is making efforts to speed up the specific claims process. The department of Aboriginal Affairs says minister Bernard Valcourt has been given increased authority to approve financial settlements with bands. Those settlements can be as high as $50...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
Northern trappers began their annual meeting in Prince Albert on Thursday. Dr. Rose Roberts of Stanley Mission is one of the keynote speakers at the two-day event. Organizers say she will talk about some of the work being done at the Indigenous People’s Research...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
The NDP opposition is concerned the government will allow clear cutting in one of the oldest forests in the province. The Torch River forest near Nipawin stands to lose a considerable amount of its oldest growth over the next 20 years. Opposition house leader Cathy...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
A new Saskatoon Health Region report finds income inequality, ancestry and neighbourhood of residence all play a role in early childhood development. The report says close to 30 per cent of kindergarten aged children living in the Saskatoon Health Region are “not...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
Métis author Joseph Boyden was in Saskatoon on Wednesday as part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal Achievement Week. Boyden is one of Canada’s up and coming writers with two novels under his belt and another on the way. However, things weren’t always so...
