Boeing invests $17 million into SIIT

Boeing invests $17 million into SIIT

International aersospace company Boeing has provided a sizable investment into the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology. On Wednesday, Boeing announced a $17 million investment to expand SIIT’s Saskatoon Aviation Learning Centre. Boeing was initially part...
MBC Radio receives federal contribution

MBC Radio receives federal contribution

Heritage Canada is providing $1.2 million over the next two years to support Indigenous broadcasting in Saskatchewan. Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is getting $600,000 in fiscal years 2024-25 and 2025-26 to continue to produce radio programming in English,...
Northern MP Gary Vidal will not seek re-election

Northern MP Gary Vidal will not seek re-election

Northern MP Gary Vidal will not run in the next federal election. The five-year MP for the lone northern riding of Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River stated several reasons for not running in the potential October 2025 election. He said the electoral boundaries of...
First of new wildfire airtankers to arrive next year

First of new wildfire airtankers to arrive next year

The first of four re-purposed wildfire airtankers are to arrive in Saskatchewan by the end of next summer. The province announced in the budget earlier this month that it had purchased two Dash 8-Q400AT models and two Dash 8-Q400MRE models, for the Saskatchewan Public...
Murder charge laid on Ochapowace First Nation

Murder charge laid on Ochapowace First Nation

An Ochapowace First Nation man is facing a second-degree murder charge, following an incident in that community Saturday. RCMP responded to a home there to find an injured man, later identified as Elias Still. He would die at the scene. Dustyn Allary was arrested at...