by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
A semi driver died when he was trying to get out of the mud near Waskesiu early Monday morning. He had been hauling logs just south of Highway 2’s Waskesiu junction when the semi got stuck. A coworker came to help the driver, but in the process something went wrong....
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
A worker received minor burns at AREVA’s McClean Lake uranium mill in northern Saskatchewan a week and a half ago. According to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), the man was working on a high-temperature dryer when he came in contact with heated...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
The RCMP is releasing names in the Red Earth First Nation murder that happened over the weekend. The victim, 42-year-old Dion Head, was found dead in his home on Saturday. Carrot River RCMP received a call about an injured man at a home on the reserve at around 11:30...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
UPDATE – Prince Albert police report Lawrence Sewap was apprehended early Tuesday afternoon (July 28). Police are on the lookout for a 35-year-old man who escaped from the minimum security unit at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. Corrections...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2015 | Current News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it is up to the premiers to decide if the Senate should be reformed or abolished — but in the meantime, he will not appoint any new members. Harper made the comments in the Saskatchewan legislative building this afternoon after...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2015 | Current News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Brad Wall along with Members of Parliament Rob Clarke and Randy Hoback and community leaders met in La Ronge this morning. La Ronge Mayor Thomas Sierzycki, Air Ronge Mayor Gordon Stomp were in attendance, along with Lac La Ronge...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2015 | Current News
More than 2,700 homes in a number of small northern Saskatchewan communities will be getting high speed internet service over the next couple of years. The federal government announced today it is providing $7.4 million for the broadband project which should be...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
The Onion Lake Cree Nation has plans to expand its community health services. The band and the University of Saskatchewan have agreed to add a nursing program to the other university classes currently offered on the reserve. University spokesperson Heather Exner-Pirot...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
An expert on First Nations and psychological stress says this year’s forest fire evacuations in northern Saskatchewan show there is a better way to deal with a mass and prolonged evacuation of thousands of Aboriginal people. Professor Jim Waldram is a...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
RCMP say Samantha Bird has been found safe. Samantha Bird was reported missing yesterday. She was last seen at the residence she was staying at in Shellbrook. Bird is 5’4” tall, weighs 130 lbs, has brown eyes and wears her long black hair in a half ponytail. She was...
