by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014
Claude Resources has been fined $172,000 for a January 2013 diesel leak at the Seabee goldmine, about 125 kilometers northeast of La Ronge. The company recently pleaded guilty in La Ronge provincial court to charges under Saskatchewan’s Fisheries and Environmental...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014
The mayor of La Ronge says he respects the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation’s input but contends the organization doesn’t have all the background behind the town’s proposed water and sewer rate hikes. The town will be applying for a 30 per cent increase next year and...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014
An ongoing commemorative art project that honours missing and murdered Indigenous women has come to Saskatoon. Walking With Our Sisters opened at the Wanuskewin Heritage Park Friday and is on display until Nov. 21. The project has close 2,000 moccasin vamps donated in...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014
The Northlands College campus in La Ronge just got a little bigger. The provincial government has transferred two buildings to the campus. One was being leased by Northlands and is already being used for classrooms and a lab and the other building was being used for...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2014
The television show The Other Side was in Saskatoon on Thursday to investigate paranormal activity at the Park Town Hotel. The show is made up of intuitive Jeff Richards, paranormal investigator Bill Connelly, researcher Priscilla Wolf and Aboriginal elder and spirit...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has another woman vice chief. Heather Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation is now the federation’s Fourth Vice Chief. Bear defeated the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s Robin McLeod by a vote count of 568 to 293 in...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
All six Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority casinos in the province get high marks for responsible gaming. They have been accredited by the Responsible Gambling Council, which works to reduce problem gambling through awareness and information campaigns. SIGA vice...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
Saskatchewan’s court of appeal has increased the sentence of a Regina gang leader serving 15 years for manslaughter. At issue is the amount of credit he was given for pre-trial custody. Shawn Curtis Keepness was given four-and-a-half years for time served, some...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
Violence against women was the focus of a panel at the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour convention in Regina on Wednesday. Featured speakers included Jaquiline Anaquod, a local organizer for the Sisters in Spirit movement and Barb Byers, newly elected secretary...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2014
Stories told in the classroom at the First Nations University are now part of a book series aimed at preserving Canada’s Aboriginal languages. Solomon Ratt is a Woods Cree speaker and educator from Stanley Mission. He is also an associate professor of languages at...
