by MBC News | Jul 11, 2017
Photo courtesy of Northlands College Northlands College in La Ronge today announced a number of supports for students who were previously in the NORTEP program, which ended this summer. Tuition and books will be paid for and a living allowance will be provided to...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2017
Photo courtesy of Prince Albert Northern Bus Lines The owner of Prince Albert Northern Bus Lines says he hasn’t decided if the company will make an application for passenger service for Prince Albert and area. Stacey Petreman says he may review the regulatory...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2017
Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Youth in Care and Custody Network website. The province’s Minister of Social Services is backing “Child and Youth in Care Week,” which is devoted to pointing out that not every story of a young person in care is a negative one. Stephanie...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2017
What a CV 589A tanker drop looks like. Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Wildfire Management. Saskatchewan will be sending aircraft and firefighters west to help battle large forest fires in the British Columbia interior. The province has already sent two 580A air tankers...
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...
