by MBC News | Dec 5, 2017
An NDP leadership hopeful is pushing the Saskatchewan Government to fund all HIV treatments. During Question Period on Tuesday Ryan Meili petitioned the province to fund antiretroviral treatments for HIV. ART medications do not cure HIV but in some cases have been...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2017
Photo courtesy of crwflags.com Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is putting the final touches on a memorandum of understanding between them and the Government of Canada. In the historic Daniels decision, the Supreme Court of Canada redefined Metis standing in the country....
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
Blanket exercise at RCMP Training Academy in Regina on December 4, 2017. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. Instructors at the RCMP Training Academy in Regina took part in a blanket exercise on Monday. It gave them a unique and emotional connection to the Indigenous community...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
The NDP opposition is criticizing the provincial government for the transition process for students following the closure of the Northern Teachers Education Program. This past March NORTEP was taken over by Northlands College. There have been some reports of...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
A federal court application is in the works seeking a judge’s decision on the legitimacy of a recent by-election process on Montreal Lake Cree Nation. The contested by-election for chief was originally called in September by the band’s chief electoral...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
Robbery suspects. Photo courtesy of RCMP. Beauval RCMP are looking for two suspects after a robbery in the community this past Friday. Police say two individuals broke into a business on Pederson Street, where they allegedly made off with an undisclosed amount of...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
File photo It’s not known if any charges will be laid after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle north of Brabant Lake. The incident, two kilometres north of the community, was reported shortly before 3:00 a.m. on Sunday. RCMP say a 62-year-old man from Southend...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2017
Chewy, a one-year-old dog rescued from the streets of La Ronge, recovering from surgery. Photo supplied by Western College of Veterinary Medicine. A resident of La Ronge is determined to see a starving dog she rescued from the streets of the northern town eventually...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck Saskatchewan still has the highest HIV infection rate in Canada. This morning, the province released its annual HIV AIDS Report, which shows a 6 per cent increase in the number of new infections last year, with 79 per cent of them in...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2017
Some performers during a previous Northern Spirits event. Photo courtesy Facebook, Sheryl Kimbley. Eighty artists between the age of 12 and 18 are expected to arrive in Prince Albert today for the Northern Spirits Workshop. The workshop, which is now in its eleventh...
