by MBC News | Sep 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency The provincial government is being tight-lipped about Tazi Twe. The future of the $630 million hydro-electric project near Black Lake is in doubt. SaskPower’s Board of Directors has weighed in, but no one is...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2017
An update from Saskatchewan Highways on road restrictions in northeast Saskatchewan: Highway 106 (also known at the Hanson Lake Road) and Highway 135 (with access to Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay) are now open to general traffic. This includes access to Jan Lake,...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2017
Junction of Highway 106 and 135 Sunday. Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Department of Highways. Provincial fire crews in northern Saskatchewan continue to battle fires even as many evacuees return home. Last month, over 2,500 people were evacuated from their homes in...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2017
Photo courtesy the Us and Them Facebook page For years, La Loche’s Karen Montgrand battled homelessness on the streets of Victoria, British Columbia. On Thursday night, a story chronicling her journey will be featured in Prince Albert. The film Us and Them...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2017
George Gordon First Nation. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. “It is now time to come together and work together,” said the new chief of the George Gordon First Nation. John McNab was elected chief yesterday in a hotly contested by-election that was...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2017
Lyle Jacques Chartier. Photo supplied by RCMP. RCMP are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a Buffalo Narrows man accused of abducting, extorting and threatening members of his immediate family. Twenty-four-year-old Lyle Jacques Chartier is also facing...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2017
Junction of Highway 106 and 135 Sunday. Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Department of Highways. The general evacuation order for Pelican Narrows has been lifted. Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Peter A. Beatty gave the order at 1:36 Wednesday afternoon on the...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2017
Photo by Manfred Joehnck A unique healing health care facility was officially opened today as part of the All Nations Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle. The new 3 million dollar addition is focused on dialysis patients. No longer will they have to spend hours on the...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2017
The Treaty 4 Governance Centre. Photo by Manfred Joehnck Hundreds of delegates are attending a special language and culture centre in Fort Qu’Appelle aimed at preventing the complete loss of some Indigenous languages. The focus is on Nehiyaw, Saulteaux, Nakota,...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2017
Parliamentary Secretary Sean Casey making the funding announcement in Wanuskewin. Photo by Joel Willick Wanuskewin’s bid to become a World Heritage Site has received a financial boost from the federal government. Ottawa committed over 2 and a half million...
