by MBC News | Dec 3, 2015
Jacob Pratt. Photo submitted The chief of one of the most successful First Nations in the province is being recognized for outstanding business achievement. Darcy Bear is one of two Saskatchewan residents to receive national awards from the Canadian council for...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2015
Georgina Jolibois at her parliamentary swearing-in. Photo courtesy Twitter This week, the Dene language was spoken for the first time ever during a parliamentary oath. The new NDP MP for Desnethe-Missinippi Churchill River, Georgina Jolibois, made history as one of...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2015
TransWest Air’s COO Garrett Lawless. Photo courtesy transwestair.com TransWest Air announced big future plans for growth earlier this year, but right now it’s experiencing some growing pains. On Monday, the airline received a letter giving one-month’s...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2015
A man accused of killing a boy near Muskoday First Nation, while driving under the influence, is heading to pre-trial. Gordon Morris Crain, in his 50s, is charged in the death of an 11-year-old who’d been biking near the Muskoday Bridge on Highway 3 on July 26,...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2015
Brodie Fenlon, the CBC’s acting director of digital news, photo courtesy Twitter. On Monday, the CBC temporarily suspended the comment section on its website for Indigenous stories, stating there were too many comments that were hateful and vitriolic. Brodie Fenlon,...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2015
Saskatoon Tribal Council general manager of health, Ceal Tounier, AIDS should not be spreading in Saskatoon with the new medication available. The Saskatoon Tribal Council marked World AIDS Day with an open house at their downtown health clinic that provides HIV...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2015
On Monday night, a 26-year-old man’s body was found in an outdoor area in the community of Pelican Narrows. What RCMP officers found when they arrived at that scene has led them to believe the man’s death is suspicious. The discovery was made late on...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2015
Aboriginal Aids Awareness conference being held in Regina. Photo by Manfred Joehnck The number of new HIV cases in Saskatchewan is continuing the decline started in 2010, but the infection rate is still by far the highest in Canada and most of the victims are...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2015
Ombudsman Mary McFadyen. Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Ombudsman’s website. Anyone who’s ever been frustrated with their mayor or town councillors has a new avenue to look to for help. The Ombudsman is a legislatively-appointed, independent officer who has...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2015
Photo of a 1900, courtesy West Wind Aviation, Twitter. West Wind Aviation has expanded its fleet of aircraft and is ready to serve more communities in northern Saskatchewan. The company has announced the purchase of a Beechcraft King Air 200, a pair of Beechcraft...
