by MBC News | Aug 11, 2017
Tony Cote. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Forty-three years ago, Cote First Nation Chief, Tony Cote, decided First Nations youth needed something like an annual competition to help build friendships, character and purpose. To help make that happen, he founded the...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2017
The view at the Spruce River Folk Festival. Photo courtesy spruceriverfolkfest.com This weekend will see Mennonites, Lutherans and First Nations people come together on a farm near Spruce Home. It’s the eighth annual Spruce River Folk Festival, created to...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2017
Brad Wall. Photo courtesy of Facebook. There is a major shake-up underway in provincial politics. Today, Premier Brad Wall made a surprise announcement. He is retiring from politics, and is stepping aside to make way for a new leader. He will also resign as MLA for...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2017
Photo courtesy of Facebook A weekend featuring some of the province’s best fiddle players and musicians kicked off today. The John Arcand Fiddle Festival opened for its 20th anniversary. The festival has grown through the years to include all aspects of Metis culture,...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck About a dozen people, carrying banners reading “Indigenous lives matter,” staged a march on the road in front of the Regina Correctional Centre this morning. It was to let the inmates know that people still care. One of...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2017
Photo courtesy of Gabriel Dumont Institute A post-secondary program dealing with resource management will be offered for the first time in a northern community. The Integrated Resource Management program, which is offered through the Gabriel Dumont Institute, had been...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2017
Remote health unit. Photo courtesy Government of Saskatchewan. Another northern Saskatchewan community will be employing the use of robots to provide state of the art healthcare for remote residents. The provincial government will spend $500,000 to equip the community...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2017
Colten Boushie. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie on a farm near Biggar, Saskatchewan. To mark the occasion, family members are hosting a traditional feast on the Red Pheasant First...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2017
Louise Big Eagle. Photo courtesy National Film Board. The National Film Board of Canada’s North West Studio has announced the three final participants in Doc Lab Saskatchewan, which is a new NFB project for emerging documentary filmmakers. One of the three...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2017
Jonathon Moses Lavalle. Photo courtesy of RCMP. La Ronge RCMP are on the hunt for a 24-year-old man wanted on a weapons offence. Jonathon Moses Lavallee is facing charges of mischief, failing to comply with a probation order and assault with a weapon. He is considered...
