by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017
Tribal Chief Felix Thomas in February at the Future is Yours Career Expo. MBC file photo. A new partnership at Saskatchewan Polytechnic is aiming to increase food sovereignty for Indigenous people. Through a five-year memorandum of understanding signed with the...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. The fire situation in northeast Saskatchewan is described as stable today, even though the smoke has cleared for now, but it is still anyone’s guess as to how long it will be before...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017
Photo courtesy of pathwaystoeducation.ca A charitable organization that offers support for high school students in low-income communities across Canada is expanding its reach into Saskatchewan. Pathways to Education is partnering with the Saskatoon Tribal Council...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017
Fire near Jan Lake. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Lynn Linklater McCallum. The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has imposed a curfew in the northern community of Pelican Narrows, and more RCMP members are being brought in to protect property from vandalism and looting...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Kihiw Waciston School on the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Photo by muskeglake.com. Details are coming out about a man connected to recent precautionary safety measures on Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. On Thursday, the band put a precautionary lockdown in place where visitors...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Photo courtesy of the Government of Saskatchewan Extreme wildfire hazards in Saskatchewan have prompted the Ministry of Environment to ban all open fires for all provincial Crown land and for provincial parks and recreation sites south of the Churchill River to the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Andrew James Cyr. Photo courtesy of RCMP. Punnichy RCMP are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who has an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Twenty-four-year-old Andrew James Cyr is facing several charges, including assaulting a police officer,...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Walkers on Ahtahkakoop on Aug. 31. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Ahtahkakoop’s 3rd Annual Walk a Mile in her Shoes event took on a lot more symbolism this year as the community hung red dresses along the finish line as men donning red heels completed their walk. In the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Fire near Jan Lake. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Lynn Linklater McCallum. Despite a mandatory evacuation, over 1,000 people are staying behind in Pelican Narrows, willing to take their chances with heavy smoke and encroaching flames from three nearby forest fires....
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Kimberley Michelle Beatty. Photo courtesy of Facebook. A group of walkers that left Prince Albert last week arrived in La Ronge Wednesday afternoon. The walk was organized by Kimberley Michelle Beatty to raise awareness about things like depression and suicide...
