by MBC News | Oct 16, 2014
The Yellow Quill First Nation is expanding its economic footprint in downtown Saskatoon. The Yellow Quill band announced this morning it has plans to build a $37 million commercial office building in the city’s downtown core on land that has been converted to reserve...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2014
The mayor of Prince Albert says it is tough to find workers in the city. Greg Dionne was commenting on a recent Globe and Mail story that indicated a number of Prince Albert businesses are relying on the temporary foreign workers program to fill jobs rather than hire...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2014
A northern Saskatchewan community has been without a store for a few weeks and a local man says the community is suffering. Tracy Merasty of Sandy Bay says local residents are being forced to travel more than 70 kilometres to Pelican Narrows for their gas and...
by MBC News | Oct 14, 2014
The owner of a restaurant in Prince Albert says when he needs to hire a reliable worker for a lower paying job, the temporary foreign workers program has been a great resource. Robert Dunn owns the local Humpty’s and he says he has hired temporary foreign workers in...
by MBC News | Oct 14, 2014
A group fighting against a multi-million dollar collaboration between the northern community of Pinehouse and uranium mining companies Cameco and Areva has decided not to appeal a judge’s earlier ruling. Last month, Justice Rothery dismissed a lawsuit brought forward...
by MBC News | Oct 14, 2014
A public inquest into the death of a man who passed away after being in RCMP custody in Creighton last year is scheduled for next week. Forty-three-year-old Roderick Sewap was taken to the Creighton RCMP detachment on Aug. 25, 2013 after being arrested in Denare...
