by MBC News | Jan 17, 2012 | Current News
In roughly two weeks, the temporary homeless shelter in North Battleford will close, just as the cold weather has hit. The problem is a lack of money, according to Battlefords Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Executive Director Jackie Kennedy. A couple of months...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2012 | Current News
Battlefords rural RCMP are investigating a fire that destroyed a trailer on the Sweetgrass First Nation. The fire broke out just before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Two people were sent to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. RCMP say the trailer was completely...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2012 | Current News
An official with the provincial government says it’s tough to say at this point what effect industrial pollution may be having on rain in northwest Saskatchewan. Kevin McCallum is the chief engineer for the Ministry of Environment and one of the lead researchers on...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2012 | Current News
An expert in the travel industry says she thinks an expansion by WestJet into smaller communities could be good news for northern Saskatchewan. The airline recently announced it is thinking of buying 40 turboprop aircraft and expanding into smaller communities. Sandy...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2012 | Current News
CBC Radio is closing down its bureau in La Ronge. Managing director John Agnew was in the community yesterday to talk with local leaders about the move. Agnew explains the network is trying to find efficiencies, and the lease for the building was up, anyway. He says...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2012 | Current News
A residential school survivor says he was treated so badly that one time he was dragged out to a highway and left there. Kirby Littletent was the first survivor to speak during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing in Regina Monday. He said the pain of being...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2012 | Current News
Environment Canada has hosted a public forum in Saskatoon on the controversial boreal caribou recovery draft strategy. Several Aboriginal elders disagree with the claim by scientists that caribou don’t survive in areas that have been disturbed by man. Environment...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2012 | Current News
Classes were cancelled today at the Pelican Lake First Nation school. No, it wasn’t the weather. The closure happened after vandals broke into the building, grabbed some fire extinguishers and proceeded to spray the rooms and walls. RCMP Cpl. Rob King says the foam...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2012 | Current News
The provincial government says it doesn’t intend to provide oversight for this year’s Metis Nation – Saskatchewan election. It also won’t be providing any funding for the vote. James Froh is an assistant deputy minister with the Ministry of First Nations and...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2012 | Current News
Two communities in the province’s north have moved onto the next phase of a process designed to see whether or not they want to host a nuclear waste storage site. Mike Krizanc of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization says both Creighton and the English River...
