by MBC News | Jan 18, 2013
A bit of a battle is brewing on the Standing Buffalo First Nation, about 80 kilometers northeast of Regina. A band councillor tried to arrange a disciplinary hearing against chief and council but apparently she did not have the proper authority. In the meantime, Chief...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2013
The head of an Aboriginal jobs training program says after some hurdles the organization is happy it was able to secure federal funding in the end. There was some doubt whether the Northern Career Quest program, which trains Aboriginal people for key jobs in northern...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2013
The Saskatoon Blades are hosting First Nations Night this evening and an official with the junior hockey club says they are not aware of any planned Idle No More protests for the game but they are prepared just in case something does happen. Idle No More protesters...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
Cold weather is believed to have caused problems with a warning light on an aircraft in northern Saskatchewan yesterday. A twin-engine turboprop traveling from Fond du Lac to the Cigar Lake mine was re-routed to the Stony Rapids airport. Officials with West Wind...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The federal government and province made a major Aboriginal job-training announcement this morning with the goal of increasing First Nations, Métis and Inuit employment in northern Saskatchewan’s mining industry. As part of the training program, the federal government...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The decision in the case of a foster mother charged with criminal negligence causing the death of an Aboriginal toddler two years ago has been postponed. Justice Neil Gabrielson was originally supposed to render a decision tomorrow in the case of Eunice Wudrich who...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The Chief of an Ontario First Nations Grand Council says the federal government has no one to blame but itself for the level of First Nations unrest across the country this week. First Nations groups held protests across Canada yesterday which included a number of...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
The body of a missing aboriginal woman has been discovered on an East-Saskatchewan reserve. RCMP say the body of 34 year-old Emiline Kitchener was discovered in a field on the Shoal Lake First Nation. She hadn’t been seen by her family since Christmas eve. Since...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
Two mothers are suing Saskatchewan social services claiming the department failed to protect their children while in foster care. The case made headlines last summer after four-year-old girl died in hospital and her two-year-old sister was treated for severe neglect....
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2013
A number of Idle No More demonstrations were affecting traffic in the province today. Near Stanley Mission, Lac La Ronge Indian band officials were stopping traffic during a peaceful demonstration at the junction of Hwy 102 and the road going into the community....
