by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Two in Hospital Following Assaults Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 13:30 Two people were taken to hospital on the weekend following assaults on two Prince Albert-area reserves. Officials with Parkland Ambulance say they were called out to the Sturgeon Lake First...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
La Ronge Leaders Stay Watchful For Flooding Friday, July 29, 2011 at 16:26 Officials in the La Ronge area continue to monitor the high water situation in the region. The levels of rivers and lakes in the area are at near record levels and a number of roads have...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Call For Aboriginal Judge On Supreme Court Friday, July 29, 2011 at 14:22 The Indigenous Bar Association wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper to appoint Aboriginal judges to the Supreme Court. IBA spokesman Paul Chartrand is from Manitoba. He says the court is...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Outbreak In Prince Albert Hospital Friday, July 29, 2011 at 14:20 The Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert is limiting visitor access due to an outbreak of C. difficile. The Health Region says there have been five confirmed cases of the illness since July 8th. ...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Former FNUC School Official Launches Lawsuit Friday, July 29, 2011 at 14:18 A lawsuit has been filed against a vice-chief at the FSIN. The action was launched by a former vice-president of the First Nations University. Wes Stevenson is seeking damages and an...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Cote Band In Turmoil Over Leadership Friday, July 29, 2011 at 14:17 A spokesperson with Aboriginal Affairs says the members of the Cote First Nation will have to reach a consensus if they want to remove their current chief and council. Rod Desnomie says the...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Beardy’s Tries To Recover Annuities Friday, July 29, 2011 at 14:16 A director with the Beardy’s Okemasis First Nation says the band is trying to correct a historic injustice. Garnet Eyahpaise explains the band is trying to recover treaty annuities...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Montreal Lake Partially Evacuates Due To Flooding Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 22:34 Around two hundred people have been evacuated from their homes on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. The residents left Wednesday night after some culverts in the community...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Cheaters Sentenced Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 22:27 Sentences were handed out today to two men who pleaded guilty to cheating at North Battleford’s Gold Eagle Casino. 27-year-old Rueben Bear got a one-year suspended sentence and 37-year-old Wade Wang got a...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2011 | Current News
Bacterium Spotted In Prince Albert Area Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 14:52 An increase in Shigella bacteria in Saskatchewan has the province’s Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer reminding people that hand washing is the most effective way to combat the person to...