by MBC News | Jul 30, 2013
The skies are beginning to clear around Fond du Lac. Smoke from a nearby forest fire had forced the evacuation of 241 people to Prince Albert earlier this week. However, Victor Fern, an operations supervisor with the band, says most of the smoke is gone. He says the...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2013
SaskTel is keeping a watchful eye on a big U.S. phone company that could soon enter Canada. Reports indicate U.S. giant Verizon may buy up two small Canadian carriers which would give the company entry into the country’s wireless phone industry. The timing of the move...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2013
The federal government needs to truly honour the apology it made to Indian residential school survivors five years ago and release all documentation relating to a former northern Ontario school, a New Democrat MP says. St. Anne’s residential school was open from 1904...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2013
We’re learning more about a forest fire near Fond Du Lac that has forced the evacuation of nearly 200 people. Residents are currently staying at hotels in the city. Some are wondering why the fire was allowed to burn for so long. Steve Roberts of Saskatchewan says the...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2013
A 42-year-old man is dead following a weekend boating accident on Wollaston Lake. RCMP say the call about the missing person came in around 7:00 Saturday morning. A young male with a life jacket managed to swim to shore. A search involving police and local volunteers...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2013
Prince Albert hotels were serving as temporary homes to several dozen evacuees from the northern community of Fond du Lac on Monday. Elders, some children and people with medical conditions were flown into the city on Sunday after thick smoke blew in from a nearby...
