by MBC News | Jul 30, 2015
The federal government is giving the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies just over a million dollars to provide Aboriginal students with tailored post-secondary training. The money is being delivered through the Post-Secondary Partnerships Program, which...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2015
Two career-training buses have a new look and a new purpose. On Wednesday the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) showed off new paint jobs on their two career training buses. SIIT’s Lisa Shingoose explains what the Job Connections buses have to...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2015
RCMP say 12-year-old Dillon Rigby has been found alive and well by a boater on the lake and has been returned to his family. Mounties, police dogs, search and rescue personnel and conservation officers were searching for the boy who went missing in the Meadow Lake...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2015
The area around Wadin Bay is charred, but the community itself is green. A resident says that’s no mistake. The resort community of Wadin Bay didn’t get away unscathed from this month’s forest fires, but damage was kept to a minimum, said resident...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2015
Three levels of government and a Metis housing authority have joined forces to provide affordable new housing for six families on the edge of Regina’s trendy Cathedral neighbourhood. Construction will begin immediately and the first tenants will be moving in...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015
Those who knew a man murdered on Red Earth First Nation are still reeling from the news of his death. The body of Dion Head, 42, was found in his home late Saturday morning. His aunt, Charlene Head, described her emotions when she found out what happened, saying it...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015
Tuesday’s downpour didn’t stop a young group of First Nation runners from enthusiastically starting off the Saskatchewan First Nation Summer Games Lance Run. The group of runners, all between the ages of 10 and 24, ran into troubles with delays and power outages...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015
The federal government is committing $950,000 towards a new fish processing plant in Ile a la Crosse. The facility is expected to increase the profits of the region’s fishers because fish will no longer have to be shipped elsewhere for processing. Village mayor...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015
A decorated soldier who led firefighting efforts in Saskatchewan earlier this month now stands accused of sexually abusing young cadets dating back some 17 years. In a news release issued today, the Department of National Defence says 40-year-old Lt.-Col. Mason...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015
Northern grocers who get federal subsidies to lower the cost of food items will soon have to detail the savings on all their sales receipts to customers. It is part of changes to the Nutrition North program which go into effect next April. The $60-million program...
