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Moosomin First Nation welcomes new mobile meat processing unit
A Battlefords area First Nation now has increased access to fresh wild game and meats by providing a new mobile meat processing unit for the community to use.Moosomin First Nation Chief Brad Swiftwolf...
Oct 20, 2021
Five reported deaths and 246 new COVID-19 cases announced today
As of Oct. 20, the provincial government announced another 246 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 184 among unvaccinated individuals and 76 cases in children under the age of 11.Five new death...
Oct 20, 2021
Annual inflation rate hits 4.4 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - The cost to put food on the table and gasoline in the car pushed up the cost of living in September, lifting the annual pace of price increases to a near two-decade high with no clear end in ...
Oct 20, 2021
Land acknowledgment by Habs may be a mistake: Quebec Indigenous affairs minister
MONTREAL - Quebec Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenire says a Montreal Canadiens' land acknowledgment that refers to unceded territory of the Mohawk Nation may be a mistake. The statement, which ...
Oct 20, 2021
Land acknowledgment by Habs may be a mistake: Quebec Indigenous affairs minister
MONTREAL - Quebec Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenire says a Montreal Canadiens' land acknowledgment that refers to unceded territory of the Mohawk Nation may be a mistake. The statement, which ...
Oct 20, 2021
Indigenous advocates question who PM is consulting with on First Nations kids ruling
OTTAWA - Some Indigenous advocates and leaders say they don't know who Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking about when he says Ottawa is doing consultations over a ruling that affirms the need to ...
Oct 20, 2021
First Shift program kicks off in the Battlefords
The Battlefords Minor Hockey Association (BMHA) held their welcome evening to kick off another year of the First Shift Program in the community, Tuesday night at the Alex Dillabough Centre in Battlefo...
Oct 20, 2021
Truth and reconciliation centre says it's still waiting on residential school records
WINNIPEG - The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it is still waiting for records from the federal government related to residential schools, despite a comment from Prime Minister Justi...
Oct 20, 2021
Microplastics making their way up to belugas in Arctic through prey, says new study
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of thousands of tiny bits of plastic waste have been found in the stomachs of belugas, proving that the pollution is making its way even to the most remote Arctic waters, a new st...
Oct 20, 2021
Report shows fossil fuel production out of step with government climate commitments
A new international report finds forecasts for fossil fuel production around the world are way out of step with government climate commitments. But one of the report's authors says Canada's falling pr...
Oct 20, 2021