by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
Plans to reopen the Prince Albert pulp mill have been delayed. The company that bought the facility had initially planned to start up the mill later this year. However, that timeline has been pushed back by about 18 months. Dale Patterson is the vice-president of...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
International market problems are being held up as one of the delays in establishing a diamond mine east of Prince Albert. For several years, Shore Gold has been attempting to create a mine at Fort a’la Corne. The company says financing reached an advanced stage...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
The reserve community of Standing Buffalo and two other Saskatchewan First Nations came together on Thursday to talk openly about a tragedy affecting their communities. Teen suicides have claimed the lives of three boys since November. There has also been at least six...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
Close to 200 students and teachers from around the province attended a treaty summit in Prince Albert on Thursday. The purpose of the event was to give youth a better sense of what the treaties mean and how they relate to their everyday life. Clayton Tootoosis is a...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
Residents of the Black Lake First Nation are mourning the loss of a band councillor and former chief. Edwin Boneleye died yesterday at the age of 55 after a long battle with cancer. Current Black Lake Chief Ricky Robillard says Boneleye was involved in local...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
The Gay-Straight Alliance at Sakewew High School in North Battleford has been nominated for a national award. The award goes to schools which create initiatives to end bullying against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people. It will be given out in Toronto in...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
A good snow pack across the province’s north this year has officials with Saskatchewan Environment preparing for an average forest fire season. Curtis Lee is the Director of Wildfire Management Operations, based in Prince Albert. Lee says arrangements are once...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
A freelance writer says a number of unsuspecting residential school survivors are being duped by unscrupulous lawyers. Frank Busch writes for the online publication Troy Media and he says some lawyers are taking advantage of loopholes in the residential schools...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2013 | Current News
Indigenous leaders from across Canada wrapped up a two-day treaty forum in Saskatoon yesterday. The meeting was co-hosted by the Assembly of First Nations and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. FSIN Chief Perry Bellegarde says Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013 | Current News
Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox says his band has no intention of following the Harper government’s controversial First Nations Financial Transparency Act. Bill C-27 passed into law Wednesday and enables the government to withhold funding if a band fails to...
