by MBC News | Jul 24, 2018 | Current News
Health care providers in the province want to ensure everyone knows Hepatitis C is fully curable and they should not hesitate to get tested. The Saskatchewan Health Authority is doing a public outreach campaign in advance of World Hepatitis Day on Saturday, July 28....
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2018 | Current News
Chief delegates at the Assembly of First Nations General Assembly are again calling on the Vatican to issue an apology to residential school survivors. A resolution was adopted Tuesday morning at the Vancouver conference. This is the third time Chiefs have asked the...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2018 | Current News
First Nations leaders from across the country are set to cast their ballots to elect the next chief of the Assembly of First Nations Wednesday in Vancouver. Tammy Cook-Searson of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is one of the leaders representing Saskatchewan at the AFN...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Friends and family gathered Tuesday morning on the Pasqua First Nation to celebrate the life of Lindsay Cyr. The former Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations vice-chief and current Pasqua councillor passed away on Friday at the age of 65. Former FSIN chief...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2018 | Current News
A 51-year-old man from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation has been killed in a single vehicle rollover. RCMP say it happened just before 10 p.m. Sunday near the junction of Highways 3 and 26 south of St. Walburg. The victim was found dead at the scene. The passenger, a...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2018 | Current News
A by-election for the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation’s urban councillor position in Prince Albert scheduled for Tuesday has been put on hold until further notice. A notice from PBCN head electoral officer Randy Clarke says the band and its elections office have...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2018 | Current News
Saskatchewan Highways says a stretch of Highway 135 between Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay has been reopened. The stretch of highway had been closed since Sunday night leaving Sandy Bay without road access after a summer storm caused washouts and flooding. Highways...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2018 | Current News
NDP MLA Nicole Saraurer is challenging Justice Minister Don Morgan to either reverse proposed cuts to Legal Aid Saskatoon or resign. “At a minimum we want the Minister to ensure that the three vacant positions for lawyers that are going to be let go be filled...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The RCMP says crime province-wide was down three per cent for 2017, compared to 2016. Data released by the Canadian Centre for Justice Stats on Monday shows property crime decreased five per cent, while homicides in RCMP detachment areas were also down from 35 in 2016...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Battlefords RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 31-year-old woman. Police say Ashley Dawn Morin was last seen in the city around 10:30 p.m. on July 10. Morin is about 5’2″ tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has long black hair, brown...
