by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The federal government and province made a major Aboriginal job-training announcement this morning with the goal of increasing First Nations, Métis and Inuit employment in northern Saskatchewan’s mining industry. As part of the training program, the federal government...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The decision in the case of a foster mother charged with criminal negligence causing the death of an Aboriginal toddler two years ago has been postponed. Justice Neil Gabrielson was originally supposed to render a decision tomorrow in the case of Eunice Wudrich who...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The Chief of an Ontario First Nations Grand Council says the federal government has no one to blame but itself for the level of First Nations unrest across the country this week. First Nations groups held protests across Canada yesterday which included a number of...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The body of a missing aboriginal woman has been discovered on an East-Saskatchewan reserve. RCMP say the body of 34 year-old Emiline Kitchener was discovered in a field on the Shoal Lake First Nation. She hadn’t been seen by her family since Christmas eve. Since...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
Two mothers are suing Saskatchewan social services claiming the department failed to protect their children while in foster care. The case made headlines last summer after four-year-old girl died in hospital and her two-year-old sister was treated for severe neglect....
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
A number of Idle No More demonstrations were affecting traffic in the province today. Near Stanley Mission, Lac La Ronge Indian band officials were stopping traffic during a peaceful demonstration at the junction of Hwy 102 and the road going into the community....
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he wants more action and less talk when it comes to the dealing with the education and employment crisis facing the province’s Aboriginal community. The premier says the government is open to funding new initiatives as long as they...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
Saskatoon Police are investigating after the death of a man while in custody. Police say a 57-year-old man was arrested for public intoxication in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue North, shortly after 7 p.m. last night. The man was also found to have three outstanding...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
Money that had been collected to build a fish processing plant in Prince Albert is now being returned. Fishermen, cooperatives, First Nations bands and the Northern Lights Casino have contributed close to a half million dollars to the project. In 2004, the province...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
Food security and poor eating choices are huge issues in northern communities and a new report aims to curb these problems. Guidelines for Establishing a Northern Greenhouse Project, released by the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development at the...
