by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
A 16-year-old girl missing from her Regina home has been found safe and sound in northern Saskatchewan. Clarissa Custer was last seen leaving her Regina home on Monday afternoon. She had just moved to the city and left without any possessions or money — and...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2013
A 37-year-old woman from La Loche is in custody after a man was sent to hospital in Saskatoon early this morning with life-threatening injuries. Authorities say they responded to a 911 call from a residence in the 1800 block of 22nd Street West at around 1:50 a.m....
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2013
It is the battle of the Taypotats in a court ordered election for chief of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. Advance polls were open on Thursday in Regina for the election which officially takes place this Saturday. Seventy-five-year-old old Louis Taypotat forced the...
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2013
Despite several concerns and criticisms, a Manitoba professor remains optimistic airships will someday fill northern skies supplying communities with goods and services. Professor Barry Prentice downplayed some of the concerns raised by researchers at a Winnipeg...
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2013
Sparring sides within the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan were in a Saskatoon courtroom this morning. A group of provincial council members had put forward a court injunction application trying to stop a legislative assembly meeting called by MNS President Robert...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
Some hard questions are being asked about airships and their viability in northern Canada. About a hundred people are on hand for a two-day conference in Winnipeg about the ships and their ability to haul hundreds of tonnes in freight. The ships essentially look like...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
A single mom and her three girls will soon be moving into their new home in North Central Regina. Not only is it their first new home, it is the first home of its kind in the province. Trina Pelltier and her three daughters are anxious to move in. That will happen...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
A delegation of education officials continues a tour of the province’s north today with stops in Fond du Lac, Uranium City and Stony Rapids. The group includes University of Regina President Vianne Timmons and the university’s deans of nursing, education...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
Regina police are worried about the safety of a missing 16-year-old girl. Clarissa Faye Custer has been missing from her home on Montreal Street since Monday afternoon. She recently moved to Regina and left the home without any belongings or money. Police say she does...
by MBC News | Oct 9, 2013
A veteran in the world of international development is voicing both optimism and caution about a relatively new leveraging system known as microfinance. Last Saturday, dozens of social innovators, economic officials and First Nations leaders met in Toronto to discuss...