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...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013
A Metis woman is one of seven people selected to receive Saskatchewan’s Order of Merit. May Henderson is the current provincial secretary of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan, and has served as the executive director of the Saskatoon Indian and Metis...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013
A record-breaking number of events are planned for this Friday to mark a national day of remembrance for missing or murdered Aboriginal women. The Native Women’s Association of Canada says an unprecedented 200 gatherings are planned for the 8th Annual Sisters in...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013
It has been a year to remember for Saskatchewan’s Ranch Ehrlo Society. The outreach group’s annual survey says that 81% of children using a society home last year showed significant improvement in functioning. As well, over 70% of the families they worked...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2013
Lloydminster RCMP are warning the public to be on alert for a high-risk sex offender. Forty-eight-year-old Michael Sean Stanley left Edmonton this morning and is known to have discarded an electronic monitoring bracelet in the Lloydminster area. Stanley is described...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2013
The public is being invited to a series of hearings in La Ronge this week involving Cameco and bids for licence renewals at three northern Saskatchewan uranium operations. The company will present its arguments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission at the Kikinahk...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2013
Eleven University of Saskatchewan projects have been selected to receive two million dollars in funding for their work in the area of nuclear energy research. The money is being flowed through the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation. Projects...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2013
About 40 people gathered in Kiwanis Park in Saskatoon on Monday night for a smudge walk in honour of those who have been lost due to violent crime in the city. Kevin Wesaquate, who organized the walk, says too many Aboriginal people are being lost as the result of...
