by MBC News | Jul 22, 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2016
Dene drummers at the La Loche service at the Lac St. Anne Pilgrimage. Photo courtesy Perry Herman, Facebook. Pilgrims from across the western provinces are returning home after spending a week near what are considered to be the healing waters of Lac St. Anne in...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2016
Construction is set to begin at the proposed fish processing plant in Ile a la Crosse on Thursday afternoon. Local leaders and stakeholders are scheduled for a sod turning event at the site of the new facility. The Ile a la Crosse Fish Company has been planning this...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2016
RCMP have charged a 20 year-old man with second-degree murder in relation to a suspicious death in Pelican Narrows earlier this month. On July 9, 19 year-old Jordan Bedard was taken to the Pelican Narrows Health Centre where he later died. Police declared the death...
