Bracing for the flood in Saskatchewan
In Saskatchewan, Cumberland House and surrounding reserves may soon be under water.
In Saskatchewan, Cumberland House and surrounding reserves may soon be under water.
Last Wednesday, a third land-claim agreement negotiated under the British Columbia treaty process became law.
It’s an ancient ceremony that is being revived and for the first time APTN National News’ cameras have been allowed on site.
Unspecified “industrial equipment” was torched early Tuesday morning near the area of an ongoing anti-fracking protest in northern New Brunswick, says the RCMP, as tensions continue to rise in as a result of ongoing police action against demonstrators there.
The Manitoba Teacher’s Society is warning teachers about working at the Sandy Bay First Nation, and that has the community’s new chief crying foul.
As flood waters begin to recede out of Calgary and southern Alberta the high flows are no reaching Saskatchewan shores.
The province says it’s the worst flooding in Alberta’s history with over 20 communities declaring a state of emergency.
More than 1,000 people are without homes as flooding continues to ravage the Siksika Nation in southern Alberta.
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