by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
Two Aboriginal youths in Prince Albert have reached the pinnacle of the martial arts world. Over the weekend, Austin Ermine and Grant Bird received their black belts in the discipline of karate. Their instructor, Wolfgang Manicke, says the two have worked very hard...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012
A First Nations economic group says it wants to help bands get the financial knowledge they need to help their communities. The First Nations Financial Management Board is one of four Aboriginal-led institutions that were created through the federal government’s First...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012
Statistics Canada says off-reserve Aboriginal employment was up by 5,900, or 17.4%, last month from February of last year. That marks nine consecutive months of year-over-year increases in that category. The federal agency also reports that Aboriginal youth employment...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012
An inmate has been sentenced for his part in a violent brawl at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary that dates back to the fall of 2010. Faron Redwood stood before a judge this morning in Prince Albert Provincial Court, where he received a sentence of three years. He is...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012
A Kawacatoose First Nation resident received an award today for talking her nephew out of killing himself. The incident happened on January 10th, 2010. Joan Machiskinic’s nephew was upset because he had been involved in a hit-and-run and was afraid what would...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012
A West Coast lawyer says he thinks more practical approaches need to be taken to the duty to consult issue. Keith Bergner says some arguments over development on First Nations land are becoming increasingly bogged down in questions over legalities. He argues this is...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012
Two dozen students from the Keeseekoose First Nation are completing an introduction to agriculture course today. The nine-week program was a partnership involving the band, Lakeland College, Parkland College and the Inroads to Agriculture Institute. The students have...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012
The SIIT Foundation has received its first donation. The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan recently donated $750,000 for a computer-equipped study centre. SIIT marketing and communications director Robert Daniels says there are now 22-hundred students attending the...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012
SIAST has set up an anti-racism campaign in three cities in Saskatchewan. Anti-racism author Tim Wise will speak on the topic in Saskatoon and Regina this month, and Prince Albert next month. SIAST spokesperson Elizabeth Duret says talks like this are badly needed....
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2012
RCMP are investigating after two people died in a house fire yesterday afternoon in Pelican Narrows. The blaze was reported shortly after 3:00 p.m., and the home was engulfed in flames when police arrived. RCMP Cpl. Damon Maier says a 45-year-old woman was able to...
