by MBC News | Mar 30, 2012 | Current News
Residents living outside Prince Albert don’t have to boil their water any longer, but the same can’t be said for residents of the Muskoday First Nation. This morning, the city of Prince Albert announced that the emergency boil water order for users of the rural water...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2012 | Current News
New North is lending its voice to a campaign designed to get a second bridge built in Prince Albert. New North chair Bruce Fidler says in a release that a second bridge could offer a safe alternate route to the north and his organization considers it a top priority....
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2012 | Current News
Northern Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke says the federal government is doing what it can to support aboriginal education. He points to increases of $175 million towards First Nations schools and another $100 million towards First Nations literacy — both contained in...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2012 | Current News
First Nations education and water treatment systems on reserve are both getting money in this year’s federal budget. Ottawa says it plans to spend $330 million over two years to fix up infrastructure needed for safe-drinking water supplies on reserve. It will also...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2012 | Current News
Two boys, aged 12 and 15 years, have been charged in connection with a fire last fall at the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. The blaze in the band administration building caused an estimated $450,000 damage. RCMP Cpl. Rob King says the fire was noticed the morning of...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2012 | Current News
A federal official says the Metis are the fastest growing population in Canada. Social and demographic statistics specialist Jane Badets made that statement during a Senate committee hearing last night. Badets said between 2001 and 2006, the Metis population increased...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2012 | Current News
The Elizabeth Fry Society in Saskatchewan has decided to suspend most of its services while the organization undergoes restructuring. Officials say the family literacy program will continue and some regional advocacy efforts will be transferred to sister organizations...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2012 | Current News
Punishment has been handed down to a Prince Albert police officer convicted of assaulting an Aboriginal woman who was in custody at the time. Cst. Michael Ozar pressed his boot against the back of the woman’s head in October of 2010. She had been brought in on a...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2012 | Current News
Voters at the Cumberland House Cree Nation have re-elected Lorne Stewart for his second term as chief. He was first elected to that position in 2009 after serving as a band councilor. Stewart received 385 votes, while challengers Barry Carriere received 94 and and...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2012 | Current News
The president of the National Association of Friendship Centres is applauding the transfer of her organization from the Department of Heritage to the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. Vera Pawis Tabobondung says the move has been contemplated...
