by MBC News | Oct 4, 2013
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde began a four-day tour of London, England on Friday in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Royal Proclamation. Bellegarde is part of a group of 13 First Nations veterans, elders and other...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013
Former prime minister Paul Martin was in Saskatoon Thursday to officially launch the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneurship Program. There are currently 17 schools in Saskatchewan involved in the program in which students create their own business case project and then...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013
It was a war of words this morning at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Hearing in La Ronge. The dispute arose over Cameco’s bid to secure new licenses for its operations at Rabbit Lake, Key Lake and McArthur River. The Sierra Club of Canada accused Cameco of wildly...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013
The province says more than $6 million worth of repaving and culvert installation work is now underway on a damaged stretch of Highway 2 north of Prince Albert. Higher than average spring runoff and heavy rains saw the affected area closed to light traffic for more...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has decided to shut off the tipi lights at its casinos across the province. Vice-President of Corporate Affairs Pat Cook says the move is being made to reduce energy consumption. Cook says it is one part of SIGA’s overall...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013
A man familiar to MBC listeners has taken the top prize in a new Canadian literary competition. Richard Wagamese is the the inaugural winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Literature. Wagamese is the host of “One Native Life” and...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013
Members of northern Saskatchewan’s Environmental Quality Committee voiced their thoughts last night about Cameco’s bid for renewed uranium operation licences at ongoing CNSC hearings in La Ronge. Norman Wolverine has sat on the board ever since it was...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013
An environmental group says it doesn’t think 10-year licenses should be awarded to Cameco’s three main northern operations. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society says a two-year license renewal makes more sense. On Wednesday afternoon the group addressed the Canadian...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013
Northern Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer took the floor this morning at the Cameco re-licensing hearings being held in La Ronge. Dr. James Irvine says extensive studies on health impacts in the north began in the 1990’s. He says they looked at everything...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013
Safety was the key message delivered last night in La Ronge by Cameco as the uranium company began outlining to the CNSC why it should get new licences at three of its northern Saskatchewan mines. Cameco officials spoke at length about the safety measures being taken...
