by MBC News | Jan 10, 2014
Work continues on a new artwork that is being created to honour the legacy of residential school survivors. Renowned artist Carey Newman and a colleague are crisscrossing Canada collecting pieces of residential schools and other items associated with their existence....
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
The mother of a murdered Aboriginal woman in Regina looked for answers as she looked into the face of the man accused of taking her daughter’s life last September. Thirty-two-year-old Clayton Bo Eichler made a brief appearance in Regina Provincial Court this...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
A new animated TV series designed to get children to learn Cree words premiered on APTN this morning. “Louis Says” is a half-hour program produced by MBC. It’s about a six-year-old named Randy who learns new words in Cree while helping an elder named...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
A group of eight students from Churchill High School in La Ronge are getting a lesson in outdoor survival today. As part of the Northern Lifestyles class, they will learn how to build a fire and a shelter in the winter — and then camp out overnight. Tom Charles,...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
A legal expert says the stakes are high in a legal battle involving a BC First Nation. The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to rule on the William Case sometime this year. The Tsilhqot’in Nation is seeking a broad territorial declaration of Aboriginal title...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2014
Recent talk of shipping oil though Churchill, Manitoba is raising some alarm bells. Eric Reder of the Wilderness Committee says a report on a Manitoba government website says the idea is being looked at. While the province hasn’t shown any willingness to adopt...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2014
Band officials have closed the Canoe Lake First Nation school for the rest of the week after one person in the community was diagnosed with the H1N1 strain of influenza. Chief Robert Opikokew says it is a precautionary move since many people in the community attended...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2014
An Ontario chief says there’s too many road-blocks going up for First Nations people trying to access non-insured health benefits. This can include some types of hospital care, dental fillings, vision-care and other sorts of non-emergency procedures. For instance the...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2014
The first fur-sale of 2014 was held yesterday in Ontario and some of the early results are in. Mark Downey of Fur Harvesters Auction House says a handful of items were offered to usher in the new year. Prices generally increased from the same time last year. 21,000...
by MBC News | Jan 7, 2014
The province of Saskatchewan is investing 3 million dollars toward two initiatives that came out of recommendations by a joint task force on education and employment outcomes of First Nations and Metis people. Half of the funding will be used to expand the program,...
