by MBC News | Aug 18, 2017
Robert Innes, graduate chair of Indigenous studies. Photo used with permission, courtesy news.usask.ca This fall, the University of Saskatchewan is getting three PhD students dedicated to researching Indigenous peoples. Students had only been accepted to take their...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2017
Photo of Saab 340b, the type of plane involved in Wednesday’s incident at the Wollaston Lake airport. Photo courtesy of Saab. Transwest Air is confirming one of its passenger planes experienced two flat tires while landing on a northern Saskatchewan runway...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2017
Glynnis Fox (left) and Tiffany Ear (right). Photo courtesy of yourlifemoments.ca Calgary police would like to hear from people in the Moose Jaw area who may have information on a murder that happened last month. The remains of three people were found in a burned-out...
by MBC News | Aug 17, 2017
Photo courtesy of Twitter Prince Albert Police are investigating what they call a suspicious death. Around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, officers were called to a home in the 800 block of 17th Street West. A body was found, and police searched a residence....
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
Kinoosao. Photo courtesy of Jerry Clarke. After a slow start to the fire season, crews from Saskatchewan Environment are being kept busy across the province’s north. One blaze is burning about 15 kilometres from Fond du Lac, but is moving away from the...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
George Sanderson. Photo courtesy Facebook. Surprise pleas were entered on Tuesday in a James Smith Cree Nation and Sturgeon Lake molestation case. The offender, 23-year-old George Sanderson, has pleaded guilty to five charges: two of sexual interference, one of making...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
Doug Cuthand. Photo courtesy of Strong Nations. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation weekly columnist Doug Cuthand has received another honour from the Native American Journalists Association. Cuthand finished as the runner-up in the Print...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
Gary Merasty. Photo courtesy of desnedhe.com A former northern Saskatchewan Member of Parliament is stepping down as CEO of the English River First Nation’s economic development entity. Gary Merasty has been the president and CEO of Des Nedhe Development for the...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2017
Sylvia Joseph (right) speaks with her lawyer after court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Prosecution is seeking jail time for a woman who helped offenders on Big River First Nation trick the system. Earlier this year, Sylvia Joseph entered eight guilty pleas for...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2017
A zoning map of a region of La Ronge. Courtesy laronge.ca It just got easier to provide shelter for the homeless in La Ronge. Just last week, town council decided on a commercial zoning region as the spot where homeless shelters can be set up. The town previously had...
