by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015 | Current News
Canada’s broadcast regulator has pulled the plug on the Aboriginal Voices Radio network. The CRTC has run out of patience and confidence with AVR, revoking its broadcast licence, effective July 25. The ruling mentions five failures of the national broadcaster,...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015 | Current News
A First Nation in New Brunswick has become the first one in Canada to opt in to the new First Nations Election Act. It is voluntary, and sets up four-year terms of office as well as fixed election dates. There is no role for the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs to...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015 | Current News
Six American paddlers are making their way up the Churchill River system as part of an ambition canoe trek that began in the Gulf of Mexico. The trip got started on January 2 off the coast of Louisiana and will end in mid-September in the Arctic Ocean. Spokesman John...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2015 | Current News
A state of emergency has been declared for two northern Saskatchewan communities. Wildfire Management officials say fire and smoke are threatening the communities of Sikachu Lake and Clam Lake Bridge and a general evacuation has been ordered. They say the fires arose...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
Saskatchewan will follow in the footsteps of Manitoba issuing an apology to thousands of Indigenous children placed up for adoption in the 1960s – a practice nicknamed the 60’s Scoop. Premier Brad Wall says the province will make the apology sometime in...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
The chief of one of the largest First Nations in Canada can’t believe the Assembly of First Nations has not taken decisive action to eliminate an apparent conflict of interest involving its national chief. Perry Bellegarde hired his long-time partner, Valerie...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
One of the province’s water bombers is out of commission. It’s because the CL-215t air tanker struck something in the water on a La Ronge-area lake during a training flight on June 13. Wildfire Management executive director Steve Roberts says the underside...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
A 25-year-old man convicted of manslaughter in the death of a man from the Black Lake First Nation has been sentenced to over seven years in prison. In September 2013, Davis Broussie was stabbed in a parking lot in Prince Albert and later died in hospital. Charles...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
It’s a first for a First Nation in Saskatchewan. The Little Black Bear First Nation recently opened the first Aboriginal owned Tim Hortons franchise in the province. It is part of a Petro-Canada located in the Qu’Appelle Valley, about 70 km northeast of Regina just...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015 | Current News
It has been business as usual at the recycling depot in La Ronge this week despite a fire at the facility on the morning of June 15. The manager, Nisar Ghani, says three suspects allegedly jumped the fence and set fires in two of the bins. Ghani posted pictures of the...
