by MBC News | Apr 10, 2012
Police and the fire commissioner’s office are investigating a suspicious grass fire on the Sweetgrass First Nation. It is one of two fires that hit the reserve over the past three days. One fire broke out Monday and jumped across Highway 40. Firefighters thought they...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2012
Emergency crews in Prince Albert were called out this afternoon after a pedestrian fell into the North Saskatchewan river. The incident happened shortly before 2:00 p.m. Parkland Ambulance says a middle-aged male fell over the retaining wall into the water near the...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2012
Aboriginal employment shot up sharply in Saskatchewan last month, according to the provincial government. Off-reserve employment was up by 4,700 positions, a 13% increase. That figure has gone up for 10 months in a row. Aboriginal youth employment rose by 800...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2012
The lasting effects of racism were discussed at length today in Prince Albert. Author and public speaker Tim Wise spoke to a crowd of about 50 business leaders, civic officials and other members of the community at the Northern Lights Casino. Originally from...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2012
The Prince Albert Grand Council is slamming the provincial government over its decision to eliminate the freight subsidy for commercial fishers in this spring’s budget — saying it “could cost thousands of First Nations jobs”. The PAGC says the...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2012
Testimony continues today at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing in Onion Lake. Survivors of residential schools are taking turns sharing stories of what happened to them during their time at the institutions. One woman, Julie Whitstone, says she was told...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2012
RCMP say foul play is not suspected in the death of an 81-year-old man on the Cowesses First Nation. Police were called to a home on the reserve on Saturday. Members of the RCMP’s Major Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Services were brought in to assist...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2012
A 19-year-old woman from Stanley Mission charged with second degree murder after a weekend death on the Black Lake First Nation has made her first court appearance. Tristen Carol Spring Charles appeared in Stony Rapids Provincial Court yesterday. She was arrested...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2012
A legal expert says she thinks the Supreme Court of Canada got it right with a recent decision affirming the need for judges to take into account the social and historical backgrounds of Aboriginal offenders before sentencing them. Wanda McCaslin is a research officer...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2012
A northern Saskatchewan First Nations chief says he thinks the government’s decision to raise the age of retirement could especially affect Aboriginal people. Roy Cheecham of the Clearwater River Dene Nation is reacting to Ottawa’s plan to push back the...
