by MBC News | Sep 19, 2012
A high-speed battle is shaping up between the critic for Sasktel and the minister responsible for the crown utility. It involves a recent move by the federal government to cancel a high-speed internet service that was providing coverage for thousands of rural...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2012
For the first time ever Statistics Canada has counted children in foster care as part of its census. The numbers were released today and there are some surprises. Nationally, there are almost 30,000 children in foster care. In Saskatchewan the the vast majority are...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2012
If you speed through a highway construction zone your chances of getting are caught are now much greater. The province is giving the RCMP, 15 thousand dollars, to help cover overtime as Mounties crack down on Orange Zone speeders. Highways minister Don McMorris says...
by MBC News | Sep 19, 2012
A water-expert from Alberta says more attention needs to be paid to a river-system that partially flows through Saskatchewan. The McKenzie River-System was the subject of an environmental conference in Vancouver. At that forum a call went out for provinces to begin...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2012
A 24 year-old man has been charged with murdering his cell-mate in a Saskatoon prison. Last Thursday the body of Elvis Lachance was found in the Saskatoon provincial correctional centre. An autopsy has since been performed and authorities say it looks like foul play....
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2012
A letter of understanding was signed today between the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the province’s Advocate for Children and Youth. The two sides agree change is needed for child welfare in Saskatchewan. Back in 2010 a review panel released a...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2012
A man accused of murder and attempted murder has made his first court appearance. 23 year-old Kyle Alexander Goodrich said nothing in court this morning. He was sporting a large bruise on his right cheek. So far police in Prince Albert have said little about the case,...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2012
A lawyer in Regina is imploring survivors of residential schools to file their claims for compensation before it’s too late. The Federal government has given former students who suffered abuse at the schools until Wednesday night to submit their claims for...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2012
Repairs are underway at the Poundmaker School after it was shut down last week over health issues. Band councillor Colby Tootoosis says hydrogen sulphide was coming up from a dentist’s office in the school and people were getting sick. “There’s like a...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2012
RCMP say alcohol is believed to have been a factor in a collision that left four people dead south of Blaine Lake over the weekend. A minivan and two cars collided near a bridge on Highway 12 at around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The victims have been identified...
