by MBC News | Aug 19, 2015
A 15-year study into premature death finds the rate is more than twice as high in the First Nations community. First Nations adults between the ages of 25 and 74 are more than twice as likely to die from avoidable causes compared to non-aboriginal adults. The results...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015
A monument at the site of two former residential schools in downtown La Ronge has been repaired and returned to where it was unveiled a year ago. The monument was part of an emotional ceremony at last year’s Woodland Cree Gathering, which was held on the urban reserve...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015
The boil water advisory for the Saskatchewan city of North Battleford is over. The Water Security Agency has given them the all-clear, said city manager James Puffalt, who is pleased with how everything was handled. “Overall the plant does what it’s supposed to do,...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015
The province’s privacy commissioner is calling for changes to The Privacy Act and apologies to a former health aid worker who became the centre of political debate during the spring sitting of the legislature. The worker raised concerns about conditions at Oliver...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015
The RCMP says a peace officer was assaulted with a weapon by four men in the Onion Lake area on Friday. That charge comes in a long list for the four men – including uttering threats, fleeing from police, impaired driving, dangerous driving, and resisting arrest....
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015
The end was in sight for traffic woes for those heading north or south of Prince Albert, but now at least another year of delays around the bridge is in store. This summer, lane restrictions from nearby roadway construction bottle-necked traffic down to two lanes as...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015
Sandy Bay RCMP are on the hunt for a suspected arsonist responsible for a major fire at the airport early Saturday morning. A building belonging to Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure was destroyed. A second building belonging to SaskPower was damaged by the...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2015
A frightening incident in Wollaston Lake left the community without nurses over the weekend. A man wielding a knife broke into the home of one of those nurses, Toni Diachinsky, early Friday morning. A man with a hoodie on was just outside their bedroom door, she said....
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2015
Work has been a lot easier for an RCMP officer since he showed off his dance skills at Waterhen Lake’s annual powwow earlier this month. Cst. Jean-Philippe Gauthier has been stationed there for five months, but before a video of him dancing was released many...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2015
Even after a courtroom in Montreal Lake heard the graphic details of a stabbing and kidnapping last summer, the victims of Kevin Henderson’s violence hugged him. Henderson’s sentencing was in Montreal Lake, with presiding Judge Loewen saying “these things should be...
