by MBC News | Jul 10, 2017
From left to right: Allan Tucker (rescuer), Ashley’s daughter, Ashley Petit, Laura Tucker (rescuer), Ashley Petit’s son. Photo courtesy of Ashley Petit There was laughter and there were tears in North Battleford yesterday during a meeting that reunited a...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2017
Photo courtesy of voyageursrendezvous.ca A group of canoeists are making their way across the Prairie provinces, reenacting some of the routes of the voyageurs of the mid-to-late 1800’s. The Voyageurs Rendezvous is a Canada 150 Signature Project Race that covers...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2017
Melinda Gladys Charles The man accused of killing Melinda Gladys Charles will have a preliminary hearing at Deschambault Lake this fall. Daniel Moses Ballantyne, in his mid-40s, is accused of second-degree murder of Charles and improperly interfering with a human...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2017
Photo courtesy of Twitter A float plane was used this weekend to transport an injured person from a trapline north of La Ronge to hospital. On Saturday evening around 9:30 p.m., RCMP received a call about an injured 33-year-old man who was located at a trapline....
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2017
George Gordon First Nation. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. A date has finally been set for a by-election to fill the much contested position of chief on the George Gordon First Nation, which is located northeast of Regina. The election has been the subject of...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2017
Photo of North Saskatchewan River. Photo courtesy of Jet Propulsion Laboratories and NASA. Saskatchewan has been chosen by NASA as a testing ground for new technology on mapping water in northern environments. NASA will use experimental radar to chart the water levels...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2017
Ashley Petit. Photo courtesy of Facebook. There will be a bittersweet reunion in North Battleford this weekend, 20 years in the making. On July 5, 1997, a small boat capsized on Canoe Lake during heavy waves. All five occupants ended up in the water, but only one...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2017
Photo courtesy of shop.flagshop.com There has been a slight drop in Saskatchewan’s employment numbers. There are 1,900 fewer people employed in the province last month compared to May. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent, an increase of two...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2017
Plains bison photo courtesy of Wikipedia. The Mistawasis First Nation is working on a project to renew the connection it once had with the buffalo. The Nation to Nation Buffalo Treaty Project is looking to strengthen support to maintain healthy bison populations and...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2017
Catherine McKay. Photo courtesy Facebook. Saskatchewan Government Insurance has filed a statement of claim in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench against two Saskatoon liquor establishments that served Catherine McKay Jan. 2-3, 2016. Information relayed in McKay’s...
