by MBC News | Jun 17, 2014 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has adopted a “Northern Roads Expansion and Enhancement” policy. The goal is to increase infrastructure in northern areas of the province to generate more economic activity. The idea is that both business and existing communities...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014 | Current News
A 29-year-old Pelican Narrows man made a court appearance in the community Monday after a weekend of violence. Travis Alphonse Sewap is facing several charges after three teens were hospitalized with gunshot wounds early Saturday morning. Mounties say a man emerged...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014 | Current News
Human remains recently found on the Muskowekwan First Nation have been identified as those of a missing 32-year-old man from the reserve. Fenton Blair Albert was reported missing in early April. His remains were found last Tuesday by a local resident. An autopsy was...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014 | Current News
Two La Loche residents have been hospitalized with serious injuries after an ATV accident on Sunday night. RCMP say the accident happened around 11:20 p.m. near a creek in the northern community. A 37-year-old woman and 37-year-old man were riding the ATV on a quad...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014 | Current News
An Aboriginal business conference that produced more than $30 million in new business deals in British Columbia has come to Saskatchewan. The Aboriginal Business Match conference is getting underway this week at Teachers’ Credit Union Place in Saskatoon. It is a...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014 | Current News
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan say results from several years of analysis indicate the draining of wetlands can actually lead to more severe flooding. That is the conclusion reached after years of river measurements and computer modeling done by the U...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2014 | Current News
A Prince Albert MLA is taking the lead on northern issues with a new cabinet role in the Wall government. Prince Albert Northcote MLA Victoria Jurgens is the new Legislative Secretary for Government Relations for Northern Saskatchewan. Jurgens’ new role will see her...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2014 | Current News
The FSIN says there are roughly 150 more Grade 12 graduates of on-reserve schools in the province this year than last year. For the past two years, the FSIN Education office has been able to track the number of Grade 12 graduates from each on-reserve school because it...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2014 | Current News
A 24-year-old man is dead following a shooting incident in Ile a la Crosse, but police say the death is not being treated as a suspicious. At around 11:00 last night, RCMP received a call about a distraught man who had been seen headed into a wooded area of the...
by MBC News | Jun 13, 2014 | Current News
A 26-year-old man has been handed an 11-year prison term for two shooting-related injuries last year in North Battleford. Justin Fineday appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court yesterday for sentencing on two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. The...
