by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017 | Current News
Woodland caribou. Photo courtesy of Junior Tremblay, Twitter. A long-awaited provincial plan on how to protect the boreal woodland caribou is expected to be released next week. The draft plan is the result of years of research and consultations with various groups,...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of Regina Police Service Police are looking for Julian Bitternose, an 11-year-old boy, who was last seen in Regina on Tuesday afternoon. Julian is 4’5” tall, 65 pounds, with a thin build and short brown, Mohawk-styled hair. Police do not believe the boy...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of Statistics Canada More than 16 per cent of Saskatchewan’s population is Aboriginal, making it the youngest and fastest growing demographic in the Canadian population. The latest census numbers were released today by Statistics Canada. Over the last...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2017 | Current News
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. File photo. Over the next couple of days, members of over 70 First Nations in Saskatchewan will gather in Saskatoon to pass resolutions and elect new leaders. The fall legislative assembly for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2017 | Current News
Grand chief Brian Hardlotte addressing the PAGC Assembly for the first time. Photo by Travis Radke. Brian Hardlotte has been elected as the first new leader of the PAGC in 12 years. The grand chief election was the main event of the council’s two day annual...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2017 | Current News
Frederick Frank Frenchman. Photo courtesy Government of Saskatchewan. An inmate with a violent history has escaped custody from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Authorities say Frederick Frank Frenchman escaped custody on Tuesday afternoon while attending a funeral...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of tourismsaskatchewan.com A 39-year-old man from Deschambault Lake is dead, and three other residents from that community were injured in a rollover that happened around noon on Saturday. The four people were riding in a pickup truck which left the...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2017 | Current News
Prince Albert Grand Council Annual Assembly. Photo courtesy of Travis Radke. The Prince Albert Grand Council will select a new leader following a vote at the council’s annual assembly today. Polls will open at 10:00 a.m. for delegates of the 12 First Nations...
by MBC News | Oct 23, 2017 | Current News
Ken Chevaldayoff. Photo courtesy of saskparty.com A Sask. Party leadership hopeful says if selected leader, he will aim to help foster healthier communities in northern Saskatchewan through the construction of greenhouses. Ken Chevaldayoff attended prevention meetings...
by MBC News | Oct 23, 2017 | Current News
Churchill Community High School. File photo. The director of education for the Northern Lights School Division says an updated emergency protocol was a factor in a successful response to a threat toward a La Ronge school. Churchill Community High School was evacuated...
