by MBC News | May 30, 2013
Uranium giants Cameco and Areva have reached a $600 million deal with a northern Saskatchewan First Nation to support their mining operations and drop a lawsuit over land near the proposed Millennium project. The collaboration agreement is with the English River...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
An arrest has been made in the murder of a man found critically injured in Regina in the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve. Thirty-six-year-old Nathaniel Thomas Elk of the Fort Qu’Appelle area has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
Saskatoon police say a body found in a river in Calgary is not that of a missing Aboriginal man from Saskatoon. Late yesterday afternoon, the Saskatoon Police Service says it became aware that 24-year-old Joseph Pelletier’s vehicle was located in Calgary....
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
Final legal arguments regarding compensation for former students of the Timber Bay residential school are being heard today at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench. Lawyers for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have raised two main issues why they believe Timber Bay...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
A businessman with ties to northern Saskatchewan says it was clerical mistakes and not an attempt to cheat the government that recently landed him in hot water with the Canada Revenue Agency. Glen Strong was recently ordered to pay a $37,500 fine and spend 60 days in...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
Hundreds of Aboriginal students from across the province took part in the University of Saskatchewan’s graduation powwow on Wednesday. The full day event was filled with various activities including workshops, ceremonies honouring high school and university...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013
A new report from the United Nations is throwing some startling revelations on violence against Indigenous women and girls. The inter-agency study looked at cases from Africa, Asia and Latin America. It found that the forms and nature of violence against indigenous...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013
A business leader with ties to several boards in northern Saskatchewan could be headed to jail for tax offenses. Glen Strong and his company, Jagg Enterprises, were recently sentenced in provincial court for failing to comply with a court order requiring them to file...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013
There will be an early election on the Standing Buffalo First Nation — and it is expected to be a hotly-contested race. It is not clear if Chief Roger Redman is seeking re-election, but he did win a bit of a court victory today. A compromise deal was worked out...
by MBC News | May 29, 2013
Counsellors have been made available to students of a La Ronge area school where a shooting incident happened on Monday. The incident at Senator Myles Venne School took place after two youth were involved in an fight. Around noon one of them returned to the school...
