Friendship Centre In P.A. Gets Dollars To Help Homeless

The Friendship Centre in Prince Albert has received thirty thousand dollars to help renovate its building for homeless people. Executive director Connie Farber explains they badly need the money to spruce up old sections of the structure including the kitchen. She...

Road To Stanley Mission Re-opened Earlier Than Expected

Stranded residents of Stanley Mission are now able to head back home in their vehicles. About 100 people from the community have been staying in Prince Albert and La Ronge since Sunday’s washout on the only road into the community. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief...

Lawyer Donates Fees To Help Address Residential School Impacts

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...

Panel Rejects Election Appeal At Sturgeon Lake

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...

Whitecap Officially Opens New Health Centre

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...

LLRIB Community Plan To Be Unveiled In February

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...

PBCN Councillor Elected To MBC’s Board Of Directors

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....