by MBC News | Sep 9, 2021
The Paper Excellence pulp mill in Prince Albert is given its provincial timber allocation. The mill will have the capacity of 350,000 tonnes of Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp annually, requiring approximately 1,800,000 meters-cubed of softwood fibre....
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2021
By: Jessica Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal Following a rapid increase of COVID-19 cases on reserve, Cumberland House Cree Nation is entering a 10-day lockdown. The lockdown, beginning on Sept. 9 at noon, will mean travel into and...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021
Saskatchewan reported 405 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. At only 393 vaccinations, for the second day in a row more people also tested positive for the virus than were vaccinated. At 181, there are now more patients in hospital than has been the case since late...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021
A 30-year-old man is dead following an incident on Moosomin First Nation. The RCMP say they responded to reports of an altercation in a home in the community early Sunday morning. When they arrived, mounties say they discovered an injured man outside the residence....
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021
A timber mill in Prince Albert, which is expected to create 700 new jobs in the North has received its timber allocation from the province. The proposed One Sky Forest Products Oriented Strand Board mill will have a capacity of 600 million square feet of strand board...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021
By: Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald Sask Polytech, which has a campus in Prince Albert, recently added a new, state-of-the-art remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) to their fleet. The new RPAS carries specialized...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2021
Seven bears were euthanized at the Southend landfill, near the community that is around 200 kilometres northeast of La Ronge. The bears were culled by a local Government of Saskatchewan conservation officer on July 30 after contractors working at the disposal site...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2021
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for immediate action from the federal government and the RCMP in the wake of a deadly shooting this past weekend. On Sunday, A 37-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were killed, and a 44 year-old man was...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2021
Two men from the Big River First Nation are dead, following a vehicle crash on the First Nation early Sunday morning. Mounties say that a truck and a side-by-side collided on a roadway near the high school. The driver and passenger of the side-by-side were declared...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2021
By: Nick Pearce-Local Journalism Initiative, StarPhoenix Little Pine First Nation in northwest Saskatchewan is recovering a sliver of its lost lands. The province is transferring coal mineral rights associated with approximately 65 hectares “to continue the process of...
