by MBC News | Jan 18, 2018
After 30 years of service in Prince Albert, Chief Troy Cooper, will leave the city to lead the police in Saskatoon. Cooper will start working in Saskatoon sometime this fall and will remain in Prince Albert until February 16. “It is not only a proud day for...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2018
Celebrations were held at the grand opening of the new Northlands College campus in La Ronge today. The Rock Campus is located on La Ronge Avenue in Mistasinihk Place. The college says it will serve to further reach the school’s mandate of advancing social,...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2018
The trial of three men accused of first-degree murder and dismembering the body of the victim hit a snag even before it began in Regina’s Court of Queen’s Bench. Two of the jurors asked to be dismissed because of personal reasons. Justice Catherine Dawson excused...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2018
A shot from Humboldt photographer, Melanie Gray, has taken home the Canadian Museum for Human Rights People’s Choice Award. The photo depicts a powwow dance at an Ontario First Nation that Gray is originally from. “I just wanted to capture that moment,”...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2018
Over 160 First Nations, Metis and Inuit students from across the province were welcomed to the University of Saskatchewan for the third annual “Indigenous Spend-a-Day” last Friday. The numbers have increased since the previous year, but it was noted that a...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2018
Students at the Cowessess and Kahkewistahaw community schools are being hooked up with robots and high-tech digital training as part of a pilot project announced by the provincial government today. The announcement was made this afternoon at the Cowessess Community...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2018
Government representatives from the Northwest Territories will be touring northern Saskatchewan this week to discuss barren ground caribou. Supper will be provided at the first stop tonight in Hatchet Lake, as well as tomorrow and Thursday in Fond Du Lac and Black...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2018
Drivers in the province are being advised to take extra care with their phones to avoid distracted driving charges. Prince Albert motorist, Kent Worth, says he was ticketed for turning over his phone that was placed on his passenger seat. Worth was frustrated, as he...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2018
A court action aimed at halting the Quill Lakes Water Diversion Project is being put on hold for now. The Pasqua First Nation launched the challenge in an effort to force the Environment Department to conduct a full environmental assessment of the drainage ditch until...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2018
The provincial Environment Department is taking aim at a bug that can devastate ash trees. The emerald ash borer has not shown up in Saskatchewan yet, and the government wants to keep it that way. It has listed the bug as a designated insect pest, giving the...
