by MBC News | Aug 15, 2012 | Current News
A battle is brewing over the possible development of some lakefront property at Fur Lakes near Shellbrook. Right now, the land is owned by the province and is protected from development. However, the Mistawasis First Nation wants to buy the land to build cabins and...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2012 | Current News
A Saskatoon company has been hit with a big fine for clearing bush west of Creighton without a permit. Winn Bay Sand Ltd. was charged after the Ministry of Environment received a call in February 2011. Conservation officers investigated and found that a road had been...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2012 | Current News
The public is being invited to attend a gathering at the Muskoday First Nation this week to discuss ways to encourage healthy Indigenous living. The three-day event is sponsored by Kookums and Mooshums Against Drugs and Alcohol. The purpose of the event is to draw...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2012 | Current News
The James Smith Cree Nation says it is in a state of crisis. Flooding on the reserve has contaminated the drinking water supply. A child from the reserve was airlifted from Melfort to Saskatoon with a “water contamination virus” after drinking some of the...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2012 | Current News
Premier Brad Wall says he supports the idea of holding a public inquiry into the plight of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in the country. Calls for an inquiry were raised recently at the premiers’ meeting in Nova Scotia. Wall calls the issue a devastating...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2012 | Current News
The provincial government is helping Alberta in its battle against the mountain pine beetle in an effort to protect the $400-million-a-year softwood lumber industry in this province. Saskatchewan is providing Alberta with nearly half a million dollars to prevent the...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2012 | Current News
The incumbent president of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is being accused of creating a culture of “apathy.” Ray Laliberte is one of five people challenging Robert Doucette for the right to lead the MN-S. Laliberte says he is worried...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2012 | Current News
A gospel jamboree for Canada’s first Aboriginal saint is getting underway today near Duck Lake. Today and tomorrow, members of the public can take part in a celebration of Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk woman who lived in the 1600s and is the first Aboriginal...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2012 | Current News
North Battleford city councillor Ray Fox has received a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. The former Sweetgrass First Nation resident received the medal recently in Whitehorse, Yukon. Fox was there for the National Association of Friendship Centres annual general...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2012 | Current News
Fresh on the heels of the Olympics, four youth with ties to northern Saskatchewan will be touching down in England this week for a major competition. The World Martial Arts Championships begin in Telford, England on Friday. Fourteen-year-old Precious Bird of the...