by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016 | Current News
Pipelines at Crowsnest ASP Project. Photo courtesy Huskeyenergy.com Both North Battleford and Prince Albert are warning their residents to limit water use as the imminent threat of oil plumes flowing downstream from a Husky oil pipeline breach threaten the water...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016 | Current News
Prince Albert Police Chief Troy Cooper checks out the signs made by Prince Albert Grand Council youth. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Prince Albert Grand Council youth are getting to know the people behind the police uniforms in the city. On Friday, they prepared and...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016 | Current News
A man and a woman have been charged with attempted murder after firing shots at a police vehicle. RCMP say the incident happened north of Regina on Wednesday night after police had been following the two individuals after a series of incidents. The night began when...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy the Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh Clean up continues at one of Saskatchewan’s largest oil spills in its history. On Thursday morning, 250 thousand litres of crude oil spilled into the North Saskatchewan River through a leak at a Husky Oil pipeline...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy Lifesaving Society – Saskatchewan Branch on Twitter A lifesaving group is traveling the north offering classes this summer, as part of its wider effort to prevent drownings. The CEO of the Saskatchewan branch of the Lifesaving Society Canada says...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016 | Current News
On Thursday, 20-year-old Dakota Hilliard John Knife entered a guilty plea to manslaughter, down from the initial charge of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Tyrone Jacob Knife. Tyrone, 21, was found fatally wounded on a trail on the reserve in September...
by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016 | Current News
A photo from the 2015 WIBF in Hawaii. Photo courtesy wibf.ca The World Indigenous Business Forum in Saskatoon is just a few weeks away and organizers couldn’t be more excited. The 2016 edition of the forum is coming to the city in August and will highlight...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2016 | Current News
One of the newborn calves. Photo by Caitlin Taylor, courtesy Flickr. Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan have accomplished two world firsts in the area of wood bison reproduction. This month, the veterinary researchers saw four wood bison calves born through...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2016 | Current News
A 21-year-old Big Island Cree Nation woman has been charged with manslaughter after a fight that resulted in a death. RCMP say at a house party in the community this past Friday, Brandy Benson got into an altercation with 17-year-old Cynder Robinson. After the fight,...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2016 | Current News
Metis flag. Photo courtesy of mmf.mb.ca A report more than a year in the making has established new rules and recognition for Canada’s Metis people. Today, the minister of Indigenous affairs says she welcomes the report and is fully committed to working together with...
