by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017 | Current News
The Indigenous youth science camp at the First Nations University, Regina. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. First Nations and Inuit students, many from isolated areas across Canada, are in Regina this week to take part in a national science camp. It’s the first time it is...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017 | Current News
Some of the damaged power lines in the Lac la Ronge region on Sunday night. Photo courtesy La Ronge & Area Rez News, Facebook. Repair crews from SaskPower have been kept busy with repairs today following Sunday’s severe thunderstorms which caused damage in...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2017 | Current News
Image courtesy Wikipedia. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says a lack of environmental protection is leaving Crown land lessees vulnerable. Chief Bobby Cameron says there is a lack of environmental standards on former federal pasture lands the province...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017 | Current News
Family and friends of Team Saskatchewan athletes sign a banner for good luck at a pep rally in Whitecap. A pep rally for over 500 athletes, coaches and support staff for Team Saskatchewan took place at Whitecap Dakota First Nation this afternoon. They will head to...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of policecanada.ca A treaty status Indian has had his acquittal on illegal hunting charges overturned by a Court of Queen’s Bench judge in Swift Current. On September 30, Kristjen Pierone, shot a bull moose on a piece of property near Swift Current. At...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017 | Current News
Jared Charles. Photo courtesy Prince Albert Police. Prosecution has upgraded one of the most serious charges against child abduction suspect Jared John Charles from sexual assault to aggravated sexual assault. Charles, 19, was arrested last week in relation to Prince...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017 | Current News
Southend. Photo courtesy of peterballantyne.ca A sunken aluminum boat in Reindeer Lake in northeast Saskatchewan is believed to belong to a Southend man who disappeared without a trace 35 years ago. Simeon Bear, who was 26 at the time, was on a short trip on the lake...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017 | Current News
La Ronge council meets on July 12, 2017. MBC photo. Despite a town council motion that supports, in principle, some big changes to how alcohol is served in La Ronge, one man involved says the proposal is very much up for debate. “We’re not trying to pull the...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of NAIG 2017 Over 560 athletes, coaches and mission staff will leave for Toronto Friday for the 2017 North American Indigenous Games. Mosaic Potash will be sending Team Saskatchewan off in style with a pep rally at Whitecap Dakota First Nation. The...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017 | Current News
Northlands College. Photo courtesy saskatchewan.ca The end of one northern education program and the expansion of another is putting a strain on relations and student housing needs in the north. The chair of the NORTEP Council says the student apartments it owns in La...
