by MBC News | Jan 4, 2012
Workers at the Cigar Lake uranium mine have successfully sunk a second underground shaft at the site. The milestone was reached yesterday and video of it was posted on the company’s website. Cameco spokesman Gord Struthers explains the second shaft will enable...
by MBC News | Jan 4, 2012
A city official says the remains of a coyote shot in North Battleford on Monday are being tested for disease. City bylaw officers were called to the Saskatchewan Hospital grounds to a report of a coyote. Bylaw enforcement supervisor Ross MacAngus says the animal was...
by MBC News | Jan 3, 2012
RCMP have released the name of the woman whose body was found on the outskirts of Saskatoon Monday morning. Police say the remains of 36-year-old Bernadine Leanne Quewezance of Saskatoon were located along a service road off Highway 16 around 9:45 a.m. Her family was...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2011
A high school in Duck Lake is awash in controversy these days after students rallied to protest the impending transfer of a teacher there. Kevin Seesequasis is a community member who has been watching the ordeal. He himself is a former student of Donna Nieman the...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2011
One person is dead and four others are injured after a single-vehicle rollover in the North Battleford area. RCMP say the victim was a passenger in a vehicle that went out of control on a grid road Thursday night in the Rural Municipality of Buffalo. The crash was...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011
A preliminary hearing for a former dormitory supervisor at the Beauval Indian Residential School will be held in the spring. Seventy-year-old Paul Leroux is facing 13-counts of indecent assault after complaints were filed by former students of the school. Leroux lives...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011
The dialysis unit at Battlefords Union Hospital will soon be open six days a week, instead of the current three. That means starting January 10th, an extra eight patients can now get dialysis there, instead of travelling all the way to Saskatoon. Prairie North Health...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011
The push is on to cut down on the number of Tuberculosis cases in Fond du Lac. An awareness campaign is being launched in the community to inform residents about the dangers of the illness and warning signs to watch for. Katelyn Yaden is a registered nurse in the...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011
The Friendship Centre in Prince Albert has received thirty thousand dollars to help renovate its building for homeless people. Executive director Connie Farber explains they badly need the money to spruce up old sections of the structure including the kitchen. She...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2011
Stranded residents of Stanley Mission are now able to head back home in their vehicles. About 100 people from the community have been staying in Prince Albert and La Ronge since Sunday’s washout on the only road into the community. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief...
