by MBC News | Mar 27, 2014 | Current News
With warmer weather on the way, Saskatchewan Environment is reminding anglers to remove their ice fishing shacks from lakes. The deadline for getting the shelters off of lakes north of Hwy 16 is Mar. 31. Conservation Officer Gary Provencher says it is a good idea to...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2014 | Current News
There were no injuries Tuesday morning at the La Ronge Airport after a twin engine turboprop aircraft owned by Transwest Air experienced problems with its landing gear. The incident was reported around 11 a.m. when a Beech King Air had taken off for Flin Flon and the...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2014 | Current News
Métis Nation of Saskatchewan President Robert Doucette says little has been accomplished by a recent court ruling that found two meetings he called last year were illegal. In his decision, Justice Timothy Keene rules a special meeting on June 29, 2013 and a...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2014 | Current News
La Ronge will be home to a new Giant Tiger store this summer but the new store will still be operated by the North West Company. The opening of the new store will be Aug. 23 and it will be in the same location on La Ronge Avenue. Giant Tiger manager of public...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014 | Current News
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, Métis Nation of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency signed a $1 million memorandum of understanding Monday morning to enhance cancer surveillance in Aboriginal communities. The project will specifically work...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce kicked off a visit to northern communities Monday morning starting with a meeting in Buffalo Narrows. Sixteen business and government representatives are part of the Northern Business Task Force. The goal is to gather information...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014 | Current News
The University of Saskatchewan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indigenous recording artist Buffy Sainte-Marie to increase the incorporation of Aboriginal perspectives in the science curriculum. The MOU between the U of S and Sainte Marie’s Nihewin...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014 | Current News
A Saskatchewan business development corporation is doing its part to show the north is a good place to invest. Pinehouse Business North Developments CEO Julie Wriston recently returned from a Canadian trade mission to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Wriston says one of PBN’s...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2014 | Current News
Greg McLaren and Phil Ormrod are trying to find out as much as they can about northern Saskatchewan’s Uranium City for a forthcoming British theatre production on the global nuclear power industry. The two are currently talking to people around the world who have...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2014 | Current News
A judge has ruled two meetings held by the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan secretariat last year were illegal. In his ruling, Justice Keene says the only body that has the authority to call meetings under the MNS constitution is the Provincial Métis Council. President...
