by MBC News | Mar 20, 2014
It’s a little over a year since the northern Village of Pinehouse signed a major collaboration deal with two uranium mining companies and the local mayor says the community is already seeing big time dividends. Cameco and Areva signed a $200 million...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2014
The MLA for the northern Saskatchewan riding of Athabasca says he is “very, very ashamed of this government” following yesterday’s provincial budget announcement. Buckley Belanger says it does nothing to address the critical issue of proper highways...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2014
Revenues are down and expenses are up, but the provincial government avoided any tax increases in today’s budget that outlines its plans to spend just over $14 billion in the next year. Nearly $190 million will be devoted to improve the quality of life for...
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2014
The Saskatchewan Research Council is making preparations to begin the cleanup of the former Lorado uranium mill site. The facility located eight kilometers from Uranium City was in operation from 1957 to 1960, and was used to process ore from many mines in the region....
by MBC News | Mar 19, 2014
The Canadian Bar Association is adding its voice to a list of organizations calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. A number of groups are criticizing the Conservative majority on the special parliamentary committee on violence...
by MBC News | Mar 17, 2014
University of Regina President Vianne Timmons is doing damage control after the cheerleading squad dressed in cowboy and Indian outfits for a theme party closing out their season. Some of the images were posted to Instagram over the weekend. They did not last long....
by MBC News | Mar 17, 2014
RCMP have ruled out foul play in the death of a 21-year-old man near Pelican Narrows. Mounties initially considered Kieffer Braeden Linklater’s death suspicious — but an autopsy Monday determined he died of hypothermia. His body was found in the bush just...
by MBC News | Mar 17, 2014
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council has announced a new partnership which will see it getting into the cell phone business. MLTC Resource Development is working with SaskTel and Prairie Mobile Communications on the project. Red Eagle Cellular is a new authorized SaskTel...
by MBC News | Mar 17, 2014
A northern Saskatchewan teacher is doing her part to raise awareness of how poverty affects the province. Renee Carriere teaches at Charlebois Community School in Cumberland House and she has incorporated the “Poverty Costs” campaign as part of her curriculum....
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2014
John Hillary McLeod will be able to continue writing songs but for the next little while he will have to do so from jail. The 57-year-old Saskatoon Aboriginal country musician was sentenced to 20 months in prison this morning for defrauding Chinese immigrant Quan Liu...
