by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
The NDP opposition is concerned the government will allow clear cutting in one of the oldest forests in the province. The Torch River forest near Nipawin stands to lose a considerable amount of its oldest growth over the next 20 years. Opposition house leader Cathy...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
A new Saskatoon Health Region report finds income inequality, ancestry and neighbourhood of residence all play a role in early childhood development. The report says close to 30 per cent of kindergarten aged children living in the Saskatoon Health Region are “not...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2013
Métis author Joseph Boyden was in Saskatoon on Wednesday as part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal Achievement Week. Boyden is one of Canada’s up and coming writers with two novels under his belt and another on the way. However, things weren’t always so...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2013
Remote and rural communities in Saskatchewan just got a lot more attractive for new doctors. The provincial government has introduced a new incentive program which provides $120,000 over five years to doctors who set up a practice in remote and rural communities of...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2013
The provincial government is under fire for its handling of a proposed all-weather road to Wollaston Lake. The Hatchet Lake First Nation recently announced plans to move ahead with the project on its own. The band is working to secure financing from an outside company...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2013
Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette says the province is doing a poor job of consulting trappers in northern Saskatchewan. The NDP MLA had some harsh words for Environment Minister Ken Cheveldayoff in the legislative assembly today. Vermette says the government continues to...
