by MBC News | Nov 17, 2015
Friday’s attack in Paris has fired up people’s fear of the unknown, especially when it comes to recent immigrants and refugees. On Monday, a timely event in Prince Albert tackled that very topic, and discussed how to break up cultural divides. The Prince...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
A man who grew up in the Middle East is worried about anti-immigrant response to Friday’s devastating attacks in Paris. Amin Makki emigrated from Iran to Canada four years ago, and on Monday he visited a timely meeting of an anti-discrimination working group in Prince...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
The University of Regina is making a push to graduate more Aboriginal students with a business degree. This morning, it signed an agreement with the First Nations University of Canada and the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies to encourage more students to...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
La Ronge RCMP have a youth in custody and are looking for several other suspects following a rash of residential break-ins this past weekend. RCMP say they received “numerous” complaints of residential break and enters in La Ronge. Mounties say several...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
The Saskatchewan government is providing funding for the establishment of a new commission to oversee outfitters in the province. The Saskatchewan Outfitters Association will work to develop the commission, and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism Saskatchewan will...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2015
Two addictions services groups in Saskatchewan are scrambling to deal with the loss of $100,000 that they had used to run the province’s Gambling Helpline. Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) used to provide the mobile crisis groups in three cities with...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2015
On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau handed out mandate letters providing his cabinet members with direction and orders for their new portfolios. The theme of the letter for the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, is to build a...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2015
There is a lot on the line as members of the Black Lake First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan vote on a $300 million power project on the Fond du Lac River. It has been in the works for years and has already received environmental approval, but band members have the...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2015
La Ronge RCMP confirms it’s investigating the killing of someone’s pet dog on one of the area’s Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserves. The incident was reported to local Mounties late Tuesday afternoon, and Staff Sgt. Richard Price says the complaint came from...
by MBC News | Nov 13, 2015
The Mamawetan Churchill River Health region is stepping up its online presence. On Thursday, MCHR launched a new website. The website, http://www.mcrhealth.ca/ lets people know about flu clinics, facility hours, and some community highlights. That includes the...
