by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014
Uranium mining company Cameco is confirming a worker was injured in an accident at its Rabbit Lake facility earlier this month. Cameco spokesperson Gord Struthers says the accident occurred on Aug. 13 when the worker was performing a task called “bolting and...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014
Opposing sides in a Sturgeon Lake First Nation election dispute met in a Saskatoon courtroom Wednesday. Supporters of Henry Felix say he won a March 2013 vote for chief fair and square. However, local electoral officials disqualified Felix claiming he owes money to...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014
The excitement level was high Wednesday at the Kraft Celebration Tour in Prince Albert. Not only did the Kinsmen Water Park receive a $25,000 cheque from the tour, it also hosted a live broadcast of TSN’s Sports Centre. “Welcome to Prince Albert!” screamed the...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014
RCMP say no charges will be laid in the death of a three-year-old girl on a reserve near North Battleford. The girl was struck by a car on July 29 on the Mosquito First Nation. She later died in hospital of her injuries. Police say a review by the Crown determined her...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014
REGINA – One of three people charged in a double slaying on a Saskatchewan reserve near Regina has pleaded guilty. A man and woman from the Standing Buffalo First Nation near Fort Qu’Appelle were found dead in a home in October 2012. A 17-year-old teenager...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014
REGINA – One of three people charged in a double slaying on a Saskatchewan reserve near Regina has pleaded guilty. A man and woman from the Standing Buffalo First Nation near Fort Qu’Appelle were found dead in a home in October 2012. A 17-year-old teenager...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2014
The Opposition is renewing its call for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women following the death of a First Nations teen in Winnipeg earlier this week. The body of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine was found wrapped in a bag in the Red River on...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2014
A University of Saskatchewan professor says new federal legislation is highlighting how little some First Nations chiefs and council in the province actually earn. The Harper government’s First Nations Financial Transparency Act, which came into effect at the...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2014
A spokesperson for one of Saskatchewan’s uranium mining companies says there is little danger of a mining accident, similar to the one that occurred in B.C. recently, happening in this province. On August 4, a tailings dam breach occurred at the Mount Polley...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2014
The Kinsmen Water Park will be $25,000 richer after the Kraft Celebration Tour rolls through Prince Albert Wednesday. The city has made it to the top ten in the national tour and a live broadcast of TSN’s Sports Centre will take place at the water park. The money will...
