by MBC News | Apr 8, 2015 | Current News
Organizations supporting vulnerable families in the north will be receiving $7.2 million in funding from the Provincial Government. The funding is aimed to help organizations like the Native Co-ordinating Council continue their support for northern Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2015 | Current News
Prince Albert-based Athabasca Basin Development has become the majority owner of West Wind Aviation. The investment firm has purchased the shares formerly owned by Meadow Lake Tribal Council Resource Development. The ABD head office is in Saskatoon and company...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2015 | Current News
The Director of Operations for a Saskatchewan reserve hopes new financial certification will allow them to be more financially stable. After a two-year process, Mistawasis First Nation was recently approved for certification by the First Nations Financial Management...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2015 | Current News
A roundtable on the federal government’s proposed anti-terror legislation took place in Prince Albert Wednesday morning. Member of Parliament for Prince Alber Randy Hoback met with local first responders to discuss the proposed measures in Bill C-51. Hoback says there...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015 | Current News
A new transitional housing complex in Prince Albert held its official grand opening this afternoon. Whisper Way is a complex for Aboriginal people who are homeless and is geared toward those with acquired brain injuries or mental illness issues. The complex was made...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015 | Current News
The president of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is hailing a new court decision about its ongoing internal battle. In a written ruling issued yesterday, Justice Brian Scherman ordered the MN-S to hold a legislative assembly no later than June 19. This overturns...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015 | Current News
The father of a six-year-old boy who was killed by an older child on a reserve in southern Saskatchewan says Social Services didn’t involve him in decisions made around his son’s custody. Dave Bonneau testified today at a coroner’s inquest into the...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015 | Current News
Three men from the Red Pheasant First Nation have been fined $5,880 for unlawfully hunting elk. Saskatchewan Environment received a call in October of 2013 in the Biggar area. When conservation officers investigated the call, they found the three men had unlawfully...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015 | Current News
Northern organizations that respond to incidents of interpersonal and domestic violence will be receiving more funding. The province announced $1.7 million dollars in funding today for five organizations. The Prince Albert Safe Shelter, the Prince Albert YWCA, the...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015 | Current News
The project coordinator of a proposed fish processing plant in northern Saskatchewan hopes commercial fishers will look to home-grown solutions when selling their fish. Napoleon Gardiner is making the comments in response to Saskatchewan Commercial Fishers...
