by MBC News | Jun 27, 2018
Health officials are encouraging residents to get a free HIV test today. Statistics indicate that since 1985, approximately 2,100 residents have been infected, with three quarters being from the Indigenous population. Sixty per cent of infections are caused through...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
The Saskatchewan and federal governments are investing $4.2 million in new housing options for victims of domestic violence. One-point-eight million is going to the Piwapan Women’s Centre and Sapohtewan House in La Ronge, with that project being a new build. Public...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
Residents from the northern Saskatchewan community of Southend were returning to their homes Tuesday. About 950 people were forced from their homes June 19 due to a wildfire burning about 15 kilometres south of the community. However, the general evacuation order for...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says the provincial government wants the Supreme Court to rule on a hunting case against an Indigenous man from Manitoba. In April, the provincial appeals court upheld a 2015 not guilty decision for Kristjan Pierone from...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
The protesters for the Justice for Our Stolen Children camp will formally meet with several provincial government ministers July 2 in Fort Qu’Appelle. Camp spokesperson Robyn Pitawanakwat says Chief Edmund Bellegarde of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2018
Meadow Lake will have a junior hockey team to call its own this upcoming season. The Meadow Lake Mustangs will be playing in the Western Provinces Hockey Association, a new league, which bills itself as Junior “A” hockey. Meadow Lake’s Jason...
