by MBC News | Nov 4, 2016
Photo courtesy of Village of Pierceland Facebook page. *UPDATE – SaskTel cellular service has been restored in Pierceland and the surrounding area. But SaskTel crews continue to work to restore landline and internet services after a fire completely destroyed a...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2016
A planning meeting in Pinehouse that took place before Addictions Awareness Month. Photo submitted by Vince Natomagan The northern village of Pinehouse has spent every November for the past few years focusing on building a healthy community. Challenges for reading,...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2016
The view from the new remand unit at Prince Albert Correctional Centre. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. It is costing taxpayers an extra $10 million a year to house a growing inmate population in Saskatchewan jails. Most of the inmates are on remand and many of them are...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2016
Photo courtesy of Government of Canada. There were almost 11,000 fewer people working in Saskatchewan last month compared to a year ago. The latest jobless figures put the province’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 6.9 per cent, which is up a tenth of a per...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016
Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski A trial has been set for attempted murder in relation to a La Ronge stabbing that happened in March. Elias Ballantyne will face trial by judge in February for charges of attempted murder,...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016
PBCN Urban Councillor Warren McCallum. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Warren McCallum is breathing a lot easier in recent weeks after the federal court reinstated him as urban councillor for Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. The elected position sat vacant for 10 months after...
