by MBC News | Mar 4, 2014
Emergency shelters in Regina are using a coordinated approach to make sure the homeless have a place to stay as demand exceeds supply during this recent run of brutally cold weather. The Salvation Army recently expanded its emergency shelter beds from 32 to 52. The...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2014
Four men and two women were selected at an inquest this morning in La Ronge to begin hearing details about the death of Walter Clinton McKenzie in September 2010. An investigation team has been unable to figure out where Walter Clinton McKenzie was for several hours...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2014
Linking young Aboriginal people to potential employers is the focus of a conference in Saskatoon today. Roughly 69 companies are represented at the Future is Yours Career Expo and about 1,000 students registered. Event spokesperson Jamie Lerat says the career fair...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2014
RCMP are confirming that human remains have been discovered in a burned-out home on the Witchekan Lake First Nation. Early Sunday morning police were summoned to a report of a fire on the reserve. When they got there they found the house fully engulfed by flames....
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2014
Cameco Corporation is giving a little over $80,000 worth of scholarships to help a group of University of Saskatchewan graduate students pursue their studies in northern governance and development. The 14 students will receive roughly $6,000 each to help them conduct...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2014
The village of Pinehouse is asking Briarpatch magazine to be patient as it awaits a response to a freedom of information request made more than 300 days ago. The original request was made last April for a story Briarpatch published in November examining the...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2014
The Cluff Lake Uranium Mine is getting closer to being turned back over to the responsibility of the province. Tim Moulding, a manager with Saskatchewan Environment, says the surface buildings at the site which includes the airstrip, have virtually been cleaned up....
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2014
Saskatchewan’s Treaty Commissioner says he doesn’t think pipeline developments are an infringement on treaties. George Lafond recently attended an Aboriginal business conference in Ontario where the focus was on bringing value-added training to communities. He says he...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2014
The incumbent chief of the Birch Narrows Dene Nation is facing one challenger as he seeks re-election today. Robert Sylvester is hoping to lead the band another four years. He is opposed by former band councillor John-Paul Sylvester. Meantime, a total of 17 people are...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2014
The City of Meadow Lake has been found guilty of more than $11,000 in fines for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The charges relate to an incident that occurred on a local construction site in September 2011 where a worker was found at the bottom...
