by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
Aboriginal Affairs is developing a tool to help First Nations track progress on acquiring more land. Margaret Buist is Aboriginal Affairs’ Director General of Lands and Environmental Management. She says in order to spur economic development, more and more bands are...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
The school on the Waterhen Lake First Nation is facing a fiscal crunch. Rising teacher’s salaries are pushing the yearly budget to the brink. Principal John Walter says they’re just not getting enough money from the department of aboriginal affairs to keep pace with...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
A First Nations Elder, Chief and Senator were presented with medals at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee ceremony in Regina. Elder Betty McKenna is a community leader in Moose Jaw, while Senator Lillian Dyck calls Saskatoon Home. They, along with Chief Tammy Cook-Searson of...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
First Nations and Métis Relations Minister Ken Cheveldayoff is in Laborador today. He’s there for three days of meetings with ministers responsible for the North. Ministers from across Canada will compare notes on what’s working for developing the North, and what...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
A North Battleford man has been convicted of unlawfully importing and exporting wildlife. Carlin Nordstrom has been fined just under 41-thousand dollars. Nordstrom was sentenced Friday in North Battleford Provincial Court. Environment Spokesman Gary Provencher says...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
Cut Knife RCMP are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed another man in the neck. RCMP say the incident occurred Friday night at about 8 o’ clock on the Little Pine First Nation. A man was sent to Battlefords Union Hospital where he was treated for...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
It looks like residents in Prince Albert will be boiling their water for the next few weeks. City officials held a press conference this morning to update the status of repairs on the community’s aging water-treatment plant. Last week a valve broke releasing some...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2012 | Current News
The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is adding her voice to the list of leaders upset with a Northern MP. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is calling on Rob Clarke to immediately stop his plans to introduce a Private Members bill to repeal the Indian Act. She says Clarke...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2012 | Current News
A 30-year-old man charged after a stabbing death in Stanley Mission last summer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. James Michael Cook was arrested and charged following the death of 26-year-old Frederick Thomas McKenzie. RCMP say the incident happened on August 3rd...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2012 | Current News
Northern Saskatchewan Conservative MP Rob Clarke says he hopes a private member’s bill he has drafted helps promote new debate over the Indian Act. This week it came to light Clarke had introduced a motion back on December 7th entitled “Repeal the Indian...
