by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
A woman currently living in Regina is the People’s Party of Canada federal candidate running in the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding. Dezirae Reddekopp, who works in the healthcare field, said in a Facebook post that she decided to run because she wanted...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
With less than a week to go on the federal election campaign trail, a man from Beauval is asking for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River voters’ support. Stephen King, a physical education teacher in the community, is running as an independent. He is in the works of...
by Joel Willick | Sep 15, 2021
The Saskatchewan opposition party is calling on the provincial government to recognize September 30th as an official holiday. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was recently declared a statutory holiday for all federal workers. Provinces and territories...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix Medical health officers in the far north are pushing for tougher COVID-19 measures to crush spiking case numbers. Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka, medical health officer with the Northern Inter-Tribal Health...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com There’s strength in numbers. That’s the thinking of representatives from 10 Saskatchewan-based, Indigenous-owned construction companies that have joined forces to boost their profiles. The...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
Another northern mayor is endorsing a candidate in the federal election. Ile a la Crosse Mayor Duane Favel is supporting Liberal candidate Buckley Belanger. “Buckley’s greatest gift is his passion, his ability to communicate and influence. He knows how to...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2021
The town of La Ronge has called a byelection for November 30. This is to fill the spot of the late councillor Hugh Watt, who died in August. After a position on council becomes available, the town has six months to hold a byelection. Calling for a byelection is...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
The Green Party of Canada candidate in the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding said he would work with other parties to focus on issues facing the north. Nasser Dean Chalifoux, who lives on a mostly self-sustained homestead in the northeast of the province,...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
RCMP in southern Saskatchewan are on the lookout for a man they are calling dangerous. Jarrett Poitras was scheduled for a trial in Regina this past August, but didn’t show up. The charges against Poitras stem from an alleged armed robbery in July 2019 on...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2021
A design unique to Prince Albert will be available for this year’s Truth and Reconciliation Day. Formerly known as an Orange Shirt Day, September 30th has now become a national holiday with the goal to remember survivors of Canada’s residential schools....
