by MBC News | Dec 21, 2011
A Saskatoon lawyer is setting up a fund for remote Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan. Lisa Abbott, originally from the Pelican Lake First Nation, represents about 130 residential school survivors — mostly in the province’s far north. Her office will...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2011
A child daycare centre in La Ronge was evacuated this morning over a report of a gas odour. Local firefighters were called in at around 10:15 to investigate, but duty officer Will Breen says their instruments found no sign of a gas leak. Breen says SaskEnergy...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011
An election appeal on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation has been dismissed. This morning, several dozen people filed into the community hall to hear the case between challenger Henry Felix and incumbent chief Wesley Daniels. Felix was appealing the results of the 2010...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011
The work continues on a washed-out section of Highway 915 which has left the community of Stanley Mission without road access. About community members were stranded in Prince Albert on the weekend and another 30 are staying in La Ronge, either with family or in...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011
A Saskatoon man is recovering in hospital after a shooting incident in the city earlier this morning. Police say the 22-year-old victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a residence in the 1600 block of Avenue B North shortly after 3 a.m., and was rushed to...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011
Officials at the Whitecap Dakota First Nation have plans to increase medical services to band members. The community’s new 5,300-square-foot health centre is now officially open. Chief Darcy Bear says a number of existing programs offered under Health Canada...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band community plan is almost ready for residents to see. Community planner Ross Soward says it should be rolled out during a presentation in February. Soward is a community planner at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He has been working on the...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011
A band councillor with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is the latest person to be elected to Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation’s board of directors. Angie Merasty of Pelican Narrows has also held positions with the provincial government, SaskTel and Cameco....
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2011
A section of the only highway into the northern community of Stanley Mission has been washed out. As a result, the reserve is temporarily without road access to the rest of the province. The washout occurred over the weekend and created a large crater in the highway,...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2011
RCMP have issued an arrest warrant following a weekend shooting at the Onion Lake Cree Nation. The incident happened during an altercation late Saturday afternoon, and police say it was not a random act. The 19-year-old male victim is recovering after surgery at a...
