by MBC News | Mar 20, 2013 | Current News
Wanuskewin Heritage Park is up for two Saskatchewan tourism awards of excellence. The park is one of three finalists for the land of living skies award and the online marketing award. A new northern Saskatchewan fishing lodge is one of the other finalists in the...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
RCMP in Sandy Bay is investigating the freezing death of a 45 year-old woman. Details are sketchy but authorities say the woman’s body was discovered sometime Friday. The woman was found on the front porch of a home, not far from where she lived. Foul play is...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
A battle between two rival groups on the Standing Buffalo first nation turned ugly over the weekend. The dispute heated up when a new band council elected over the weekend tried to change the locks on the band office. Roberta Soo Oyewaste was elected as the band’s new...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
A three-week trial will begin this fall for a man accused of indecent assault of children at the Beauval Indian Residential School. Paul Leroux faces 17 charges. He was a former dormitory supervisor at the School from 1960 to 1967 and was charged after former students...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
Northern Saskatchewan municipalities are the big winners in a new revenue sharing pool with the province. Funding for northern municipalities will go up more than 18 per cent. Other municipalities will see a funding increase of an average of 11 per cent. Government...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
A new survey says negative attitudes toward Aboriginals in Canada are increasing. According to a survey conducted earlier this year, negative attitudes toward Indigenous people are on the rise – particularly amongst English Canadians. However, the survey finds...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
Voters on the Pelican Lake First Nation gave a stamp of approval to their chief this weekend. On Friday, the band voted Chief Dennis Lewis in for a second term. He defeated three other challengers to lay claim to the title. Joining him on the executive are returning...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
Officials from Cameco and NORTEP/NORPAC gathered in La Ronge on the weekend to announce a new science facility. Cameco has made a $369,000 contribution toward the project and the Town of La Ronge has chipped in eight acres of land. NORTEP chair Joe Daigneault says...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2013 | Current News
A man who’s spent the last 30 years providing medical services to Northern Saskatchewan has been honored with an award. Dr. James Irvine was recently presented with the Saskatchewan Healthcare Excellence Award. He was nominated by the Keewatin Yatthe Health Authority....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013 | Current News
A Big River man is the second biggest lottery winner in Saskatchewan’s history. It was announced Friday that 59-year-old David Chaykowski is the $30 million Lotto Max ticket winner from the March 8th draw – a ticket he purchased at the Big River Co-op. The mild...
