by MBC News | Jul 24, 2017
Heather Bear and Carolyn Bennett. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett wants to chart a new course when it comes to on-reserve child and welfare services. Speaking in Regina today, she says the current system is not working,...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2017
One of the family housing rental units for NORTEP/NORPAC pictured in the winter of 2012. Photo courtesy @NortepNorpac, Facebook. The bidding process is now open for 64 apartments in La Ronge that are owned by NORTEP’s board of governors. The request for proposals,...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2017
Regina Police Chief Evan Bray. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Saskatchewan continues to have the highest overall crime rate of all the provinces in Canada. Regina has the highest crime rate of the major cities in Canada, with Saskatoon coming in second. It’s a...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2017
One of the province’s largest firefighting airplanes, the Convair 580-A. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. EDITOR’S NOTE: The timeline for completion of all hangar upgrades is March 2020, not June 2018 as originally reported. The Ministry of Environment initially told...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2017
File photo La Ronge RCMP say a man reported missing last week has been found. Police say 51-year-old Andrew Charles was located Sunday evening, walking on Highway 915 by a motorist travelling south of Lynx Lake. He had been reported missing Thursday evening after...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2017
Photo courtesy of Team Saskatchewan Twitter account A strong outing in track and field wasn’t enough for Team Saskatchewan to win the overall title at the North American Indigenous Games in Toronto. At the 2014 games in Regina, B.C. won 160 medals, which was...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2017
Pilot Jeremy Hubka sits in the pilot seat of the CL-215T air tanker. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Ever since Ian Stevenson was a kid, he wanted to fly the air tanker he’s standing in right now. “I’ve chased this aircraft since I was 12 years old. I saw it at an...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2017
Big River First Nation logo. Courtesy of Cree Nations Treatment Haven website. RCMP are investigating after a 24-year-old man from the Big River First Nation was hit and killed by a vehicle. The incident on the reserve happened this morning around 2:30 a.m. The...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2017
Waskesiu Lake/Montreal Lake RCMP are looking to the public for information on two teen girls who were last seen at the beach at Waskesiu Lake on July 16. Police say 15-year-old Sunshine Thomas is described as an Indigenous female, 5’6″ tall, with long...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2017
Hundreds of First Nations chief from across the country will arrive in Regina over the next few days to attend the 38th annual general assembly of the Assembly of First Nations. It starts with a fundraising golf tournament on Monday, then gets down to three days of...
