by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012 | Current News
The Civil Aviation Search and Rescue Association held a training exercise over the weekend in La Ronge. Eleven new and current members of the group got to go up in a Hercules transport plane. The members were undergoing certification – in case they need to help out...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012 | Current News
A photographic display depicting the history of the north will be taken to several communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan this week. The collection was organized to commemorate a canoe trip through the area made 100 years ago by Ernest Oberholtzer and his Ojibwa...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012 | Current News
The Athabasca Regional Government is considering its options in the wake of a recent court decision. Last week, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an application by the communities in Saskatchewan’s far north to have a review launched into the granting of a...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2012 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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...
