by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 10th budget all but balances the books this fiscal year, and is stuffed with low-or-zero cost promises. Analysts see this as a pre-election document for the Tories, and constituencies perceived to be complementary to the...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
A northern Saskatchewan woman sobbed as she was escorted out of a Prince Albert courtoom after a judge sentenced her to 26 months in jail in connection with a fatal hit and run that killed a 21-year-old man. Danielle Nadine Chamakese, 22, was sentenced Tuesday...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
A man who went missing while snowmobiling from Lac Brochet, Manitoba to Wollaston Lake on Friday has since been found. But two other men who left Lac Brochet to look for Gordon Moise haven’t been heard from since they set off. Leonard Dettanikkeaze and Alphonse...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
A New Brunswick man has been fined $12,000 after being found guilty of two charges of illegal outfitting in the Pierceland and Goodsoil area.Michel Lanteigne was fined 10-thousand dollars for outfitting without an outfitter’s license and another 2-thousand...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
Frustrated First Nations chiefs pushed for better housing conditions before a parliamentary committee today. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is hearing from housing officials and reserve residents about what can be done to fix the situation. Glen...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
Despite declining interest in recent years, wild rice crop insurance is being offered again in 2014. Premiums are similar to last year with producers north of La Ronge paying the highest premiums yet again. Colleen Rooney, a research analyst with Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Feb 11, 2014
A proposed plan to sell Casino Regina and Casino Moose Jaw to the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has apparently been put on the shelf, at least for now. This morning, Opposition issued a news release saying a secret deal to sell the two casinos had been made...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band councillor in Grandmother’s Bay says you can’t put a price on bringing closure to the family of a missing person. That’s why Leon Charles says his community was willing to spend over $100,000 to buy a remote underwater vehicle that...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
The CEO for Cameco says the company is positioning itself to weather the current economic storm. Tim Gitzel made the comments during a conference call following the release of the company’s year-end and fourth quarter results. Gitzel says fewer long-term contracts,...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2014
A new partnership between the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and the University of Saskatchewan will make it is easier for SIIT business grads to obtain a bachelor of commerce degree. Starting this fall, the U of S will recognize an SIIT business...
