by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012 | Current News
There is a slight change in the crop insurance formula this year for wild rice producers in northern Saskatchewan, particularly those in the north-central region. They will be paying slightly more in premiums, while producers in the northeast and northwest will pay...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012 | Current News
It was a sale to remember for North American Fur Auctions. Company spokesman Dave Bewick says every variety of pelt performed well in his group’s wild fur sale this past week — most notably, the wild mink and beaver. In fact, Bewick says some types of...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012 | Current News
A Cumberland House resident wants to encourge people to donate organs for transplants. Fifty-year-old Wanda Chaboyer had a heart and double lung transplant in Edmonton in 2007. Chaboyer says it’s given her a second chance at life. She would like to see the same...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012 | Current News
First Nations teens in the Qu’Appelle Valley are getting a first-hand look at how to organize their own events. A number of youth aged 12 to 19 years are attending a youth leadership conference put on by the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council. Organizer...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2012 | Current News
Today is the deadline for the public to comment on the federal government’s boreal caribou draft recovery strategy. The proposed plan is controversial in this province, because industry worries it has the potential to shut down northern development — while...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2012 | Current News
The federal government is pumping $1.85 million into victim services in Saskatchewan. Victim services in the province’s north will be receiving almost $923,000 of that money over four years. Police-based victim services will be provided in five northern areas....
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2012 | Current News
One northern Saskatchewan school division could see a 10% increase in funding while another could experience a 15.4% decrease, if a new education funding model was implemented today. Creighton School Division director of education Bob Smith says there will be a drop...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2012 | Current News
An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted this week after the weekend death of a woman at the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. Investigators say it happened on Saturday night, and they are calling the death “suspicious”. The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit has...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2012 | Current News
A 52-year-old man is facing numerous charges after a standoff in a rural area near Meadow Lake. RCMP were called out Saturday evening after a threatening 911 call was received. According to police, the male caller first stated there was someone dead in his home. He...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2012 | Current News
A new report says innovation is helping level the playing field between northern students and their southern counterparts. The Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for the North recently surveyed northern educators to find out what is working and what is not. The...
