by MBC News | Aug 13, 2015
Prime Minister Stephen Harper talked taxes when he took his campaign to a farm just southwest of Regina Thursday morning. He got a warm welcome during a sweltering hot today as he made some campaign promises inside a quonset packed with conservative supporters. He...
by MBC News | Aug 13, 2015
One of the few annual celebrations of Metis culture in Canada is kicking off Thursday – and it all takes place just outside Saskatoon. The John Arcand Fiddle Festival is now in its sixteenth year. Vicki Arcand, married to John Arcand, says they have kept alive his...
by MBC News | Aug 13, 2015
La Ronge Medical Clinic is almost ready to take in clients, months after a fire hit and and damaged the clinic and pharmacy. Repairs to the smoke damage are complete on the clinic, but it won’t reopen until Monday, August 17. Clinic services have been offered out of...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2015
This summer’s devastating fires in northern Saskatchewan were a talking point for the Liberal leader on Wednesday. The campaign trail brought Justin Trudeau to La Ronge in the afternoon and Meadow Lake in the evening. He toured ground zero of the area that saw...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2015
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency says the entire city of North Battleford is under a boil-water advisory. The agency says the advisory is due to a “process error” at the city’s water treatment plant. The advisory says all drinking water, as...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2015
The class of 2015 for the Bold Eagle program will be graduating Thursday at CFB Wainwright, Alberta. This is the 26th year for the program which was originally started through an agreement involving the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Canadian Armed...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2015
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau says his government would hold an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, implement all of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee and increase funding for First Nations education. He made the commitment...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2015
Prince Albert officers are about to diversify. The service is announcing that community safety officers (CSOs) will take on traffic and liquor law enforcement, bylaw enforcement, and act as crime prevention community liaisons. The CSOs are less trained than police...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2015
For the first time in quite a while, the man who tried to murder Marlene Bird last summer was present in Prince Albert court. Leslie Ivan Roderick Black was arrested last summer in relation to the brutal violence. His attendance has been waived in Prince Albert for...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2015
Despite some major challenges caused by forest fires, an airport and roadway upgrade at Stony Rapids is expected to be completed on time and on budget. It’s a $14 million project that will see some major improvements to the airport and service road. Points Athabasca...
