by MBC News | Feb 7, 2018
Northern mayors have been in Regina this week pushing for the interests of northern Saskatchewan at the annual SUMA convention. While the Board Chair of the organization New North says each municipality has their own interests much of the conversation from northerners...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2018
Another man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of a pelican Narrows teen. Marcus Sewap received a sentence of 720 days, minus 375 days for time served, after he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a teenager from Pelican Narrows. Four other...
by MBC News | Feb 7, 2018
A 31-year-old man from the Little Red River reserve is due in court today after a stabbing yesterday in Prince Albert. The incident in the 2800 block of 2nd Avenue West was reported around 11am. Police say two men got into an argument and the victim was found on the...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2018
A former CFL player is relishing in his new found opportunity to be a role model for Indigenous youth. JR LaRose was a motivational speaker for the Future is Yours Expo on Tuesday in Saskatoon. LaRose is a Grey Cup champion winning the prestigious Canadian football...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2018
The University of Saskatchewan is highlighting one of their programs devoted to Aboriginal land management. A handful of students and faculty were on hand for a presentation Tuesday morning of the newly named Kanawayihetaytan Askiy – “Let Us Take Care of the Land”...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2018
An official with the Saskatchewan Department of the Environment says there has been no new funding announced to be used for studying Woodland Caribou. Yesterday the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations issued a news release saying another $340,000 had been...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2018
A lone male was arrested Monday morning after RCMP Emergency Response and Crisis Negotiation and Containment teams were called to a residence on Big River First Nation on Sunday. The situation began when RCMP responded to a complaint of a distraught male in a...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
It is a sad day for Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation. Long-time Saskatchewan journalist and MBC legislative correspondent Manfred Joehnck has passed away suddenly in the Battlefords. He was in the community for coverage of the ongoing Gerald Stanley murder trial....
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is voicing their concerns over what they say is a lack of First Nations involvement in a study on Woodland Caribou. Recently the province announced $340,000 in funding for a study on Woodland Caribou. The study comes in...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
The process of developing an open-pit silica sand mine south of La Ronge could take much longer than what the public is being told, and the project is far from being a sure thing. Garcia Silica Inc., a company based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, has obtained the mineral...
