by MBC News | May 4, 2016
An assault on the Red Earth First Nation near Carrot River last month has now turned into a murder. The victim, 22-year-old Alyssa Nawakayas, died in hospital on April 29, five days after being assaulted. The accused, 24-year-old Caleb Head, is now facing a charge of...
by MBC News | May 4, 2016
The scene during evacuations from Fort McMurray last night. Photo courtesy Jerome Garot, Facebook. Evacuation centres are beginning to fill with people who have fled fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Alberta. A mandatory evacuation order was issued for the oilsands city...
by MBC News | May 3, 2016
Cameco’s John T. Ryan National Safety Trophy. Photo courtesy Twitter, @SaskMiningAssoc One of Cameco’s high-performing mines is receiving a national safety award for the third year in a row. At a ceremony in Vancouver on Monday, the Canadian Institute of...
by MBC News | May 3, 2016
With the threat of another bad season for wildfires, provincial officials are advising residents to be prepared and to be ready to leave on a moment’s notice. This is Emergency Preparedness Week, and the government is encouraging all Saskatchewan residents to put...
by MBC News | May 3, 2016
A photo taken when La Ronge Fire Department was tackling a wildfire in the Mowery Subdivision. Photo courtesy Facebook, Kandis Riese. The La Ronge Regional Fire Department has announced a fire ban for the Town of La Ronge, the Village of Air Ronge and the Lac La...
by MBC News | May 2, 2016
A grass fire outside North Side on April 30. Photo courtesy Facebook, Lakeland & District Fire Department. Saskatchewan is already ahead of last year when it comes to the number of wildfires reported across the province. According to the Provincial Wildfire...
by MBC News | May 2, 2016
OTTAWA — Advocates say aboriginal women tend to be underprotected and overpoliced, making it vital for police behaviour to be examined in the coming inquiry on missing and murdered indigenous women. Kim Pate, executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth...
by MBC News | May 2, 2016
More than 100 empty chairs covered in white linen were set up in the lobby of Tommy Douglas House near the legislative building on Monday morning, to make a Each chair represents one of the long term missing person’s files still open in Saskatchewan. Most missing...
by MBC News | May 2, 2016
Environment and Climate Change Canada says a Saskatchewan First Nation has been fined $100,000 for failing to comply with an order regarding a gas station. The department says the Kawacatoose First Nation pleaded guilty last October in Saskatchewan Provincial Court...
by MBC News | May 2, 2016
A 70-year-old woman has died after the vehicle she was driving crashed near the community of Abernathy, northeast of Regina. The RCMP says the woman was ejected when the vehicle left the roadway, entered the ditch and rolled. The vehicle then caught fire and was...
