by MBC News | Sep 30, 2013
Pelican Narrows RCMP are investigating the disappearance of a 53-year-old man who they believe has likely drowned. Police say Gabriel Ballantyne of Pelican Narrows was reported missing on Sept. 25. The incident was initially reported to Creighton RCMP as it was...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2013
Uranium giant Cameco is accusing an environmental group of releasing false information in the hopes of generating cheap headlines and discrediting the industry. Gord Struthers is the director of external communications for Cameco. He was responding to allegations...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2013
The RCMP say a man that was injured in a hunting accident on a northern Saskatchewan reserve last week has been transferred to a hospital in Saskatoon. The 28-year-old victim was shot on the Little Red River reserve early Friday afternoon while hunting with three...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2013
Metis in Alberta have officially filed an application with the Supreme Court of Canada, asking the high court to rule on a harvesting rights case. In 2007, Metis hunter Gary Hirsekorn shot a mule deer in the Cypress Hills portion of southeastern Alberta. He was...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2013
The Prince Albert Grand Council says there are two men running for its southern vice chief position next month. Incumbent Brian Hardlotte of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is seeking re-election after a three-year term in office. His opponent is Christopher Jobb of the...
by MBC News | Sep 30, 2013
Today is the first day of advance polls for the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation’s chief and council election. Three men are running for chief — incumbent Earl Lidguerre, former chief Napoleon Mercredi and fellow challenger Felix McDonald. Twenty-one...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2013
A Pelican Lake First Nation woman has been found guilty of two of three charges stemming from a fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a Prince Albert man three years ago. In court Friday morning, 22-year-old Danielle Chamakese was convicted of dangerous driving...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2013
A small school in northern Saskatchewan is coping with a big loss. The Wapanacak Elementary School in Pelican Narrows is planning a memorial for a little girl who died in a house fire this week. Ten-year-old Denasia Sewap was in Grade Four. The school’s...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2013
Aboriginal HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention was the topic of discussion this week at a Saskatoon research conference. Over four days, conference participants were treated to a wide variety of workshops, keynote speakers and research panels aimed at helping...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2013
A Saskatoon doctor says it is time we started trying to improve the social determinants of health, rather than just dealing with people once they are already sick. Ryan Meili was in the bridge city on Friday to launch the Upstream Institute for a Healthy Society,...
