by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015
A new transitional housing complex in Prince Albert held its official grand opening this afternoon. Whisper Way is a complex for Aboriginal people who are homeless and is geared toward those with acquired brain injuries or mental illness issues. The complex was made...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015
The president of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is hailing a new court decision about its ongoing internal battle. In a written ruling issued yesterday, Justice Brian Scherman ordered the MN-S to hold a legislative assembly no later than June 19. This overturns...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015
The father of a six-year-old boy who was killed by an older child on a reserve in southern Saskatchewan says Social Services didn’t involve him in decisions made around his son’s custody. Dave Bonneau testified today at a coroner’s inquest into the...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015
Three men from the Red Pheasant First Nation have been fined $5,880 for unlawfully hunting elk. Saskatchewan Environment received a call in October of 2013 in the Biggar area. When conservation officers investigated the call, they found the three men had unlawfully...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015
Northern organizations that respond to incidents of interpersonal and domestic violence will be receiving more funding. The province announced $1.7 million dollars in funding today for five organizations. The Prince Albert Safe Shelter, the Prince Albert YWCA, the...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015
The project coordinator of a proposed fish processing plant in northern Saskatchewan hopes commercial fishers will look to home-grown solutions when selling their fish. Napoleon Gardiner is making the comments in response to Saskatchewan Commercial Fishers...
by MBC News | Apr 7, 2015
Saskatchewan Highways has announced the closure of winter roads in the province’s north. The Fond du Lac to Uranium City Ice Road is now closed for the season. Shasko Bay to Fond du Lac is also closed along with the Hidden Bay to Wollaston Lake Ice Road. The...
by MBC News | Apr 6, 2015
A public inquest is scheduled to begin today in Regina into a tragedy on Kahkewistahaw First Nation nearly two years ago. In August of 2013, 6-year-old Lee Allen Bonneau was found badly injured on the reserve and later died. Police ruled his death a homicide and...
by MBC News | Apr 2, 2015
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has dismissed an application from the Buffalo River Dene Nation in its attempts to halt oil sands exploration on Treaty 10 lands. The First Nation says the Ministry of Energy failed in its duty to consult when it granted exploration...
by MBC News | Apr 2, 2015
A $25-million upgrade is in store for the Carrot River Sawmill. Edgewood Forest Products made the announcement Thursday morning as well as the signing of a Letter of Intent to sell the Hudson Bay Plywood Plant. The new investment will replace the primary breakdown...
