by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012
Work is underway to gauge the life of a northern Saskatchewan gold mine. The Roy Lloyd Mine started up over a year ago in the La Ronge Gold Belt. Fifty employees work at the site, and its ore is processed at the nearby Jolu Mill. Golden Band Resources vice-president...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012
A development company with operations in Saskatchewan’s far north has purchased ownership in its tenth business. Athabasca Basin Development has bought a 66% stake in Double Diamond Industrial Structures. The Saskatoon-based business is best known for...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012
La Ronge RCMP are looking to the public for information on the whereabouts of two men wanted for violent crimes. Police say 20-year-old Ryan Shane Jonathan Halkett is facing a string of charges — including aggravated assault, dangerous operation of a motor...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012
Environment Canada has extended a wind warning to include parts of northern Saskatchewan. Weather forecasters says winds of 100 km/h are possible this afternoon in the Ile a la Crosse, Buffalo Narrows, Beauval — while the La Ronge area could see winds of 90...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012
The Truth and Reconciliation Commisssion is holding a second day of hearings in North Battleford today. This morning, North Battleford TRC hearings co-ordinator Sonia Whitecalf told her story. Whitecalf said residential schools affected generations of people,...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012
A survey is being circulated in Prince Albert asking people if they have been victims of racial profiling or racism. The author of the survey is Colleen Whitedeer, the vice-president of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan. Based on her own...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012
La Ronge RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a weekend collision which damaged a local business. Early Saturday morning, a pickup truck crashed into Drifters Motel, significantly damaging one of the rooms. Fortunately, no one was in the room at the...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012
Robert Doucette is anxious to get on with the job at hand. Over the weekend, he won re-election as president of the Metis Nation – Sasktchewan. He defeated five other candidates to win the election, collecting about a third of the total votes cast. Doucette...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Justice Murray Sinclair pointed that out today during Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in North Battleford. Sinclair said young Aboriginal people have much higher suicide rates than other Canadians. He said that is...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012
A northern Saskatchewan Opposition MLA believes pending changes to social housing will result in an exodus of working families from the province’s north. New Democrat Buckley Belanger notes people who currently live in SaskHousing units pay a maximum of $800 a...
