by MBC News | Aug 16, 2024
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is providing updates as two wildfires burn near communities in northern Saskatchewan. Sandy Bay was evacuated this week as the Flanagan Fire approaches the community. The SPSA says the fire is within 10 kilometres of the community...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2024
With construction of the new cabins complete, the camp near Pinehouse now has 15 permanent inpatient addictions treatment spaces, up from 12 temporary spaces. The 15 new spaces are part of the provincial government’s commitment to add 500 addictions spaces...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2024
Piwapan Women’s shelter in La Ronge has secured funding from the federal government and National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI) through a grant. The grant is intended to address the need for safe and affordable urban, rural and northern...
by Jenna Smith | Aug 15, 2024
(Photo: Indigenous Services Canada) Muskoday First Nation is celebrating the opening of a new water treatment plant in their community. The new facility will provide a safe and reliable water supply to all homes on reserve, as well as to community buildings such as...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2024
The RCMP have confirmed reports of a bear mace incident at the Tony Cote Summer Games in La Ronge. Several social media accounts posted about the incident Wednesday evening. In a media release sent to MBC News on Thursday morning, the RCMP says they received reports...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2024
(Photo: Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Inc Facebook page) Battlefords RCMP say officers were participating in a parade for the Northwest Territorial Days in North Battleford yesterday. Officers were heading up the parade in a marked police vehicle and while the...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2024
(Photo: Thomas had CTV News follow her during her 50 km run through Saskatoon) By NC Raine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over the weekend, Rhonda Thomas set out on sunny Saturday morning run. But she didn’t choose one of Saskatoon’s many popular running...
by Joel Willick | Aug 14, 2024
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is calling on both the Government of Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan to reject a uranium mine project in northern Saskatchewan. The MN-S says the planned PLS Uranium Mine by Fission Uranium Corp on Patterson Lake has the potential...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2024
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is calling on the province to do more to protect Sandy Bay. Chief Peter Beatty says the Flanagan Fire has forced the evacuation of the community. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has not said how many of the 18-hundred residents...
by MBC News | Aug 13, 2024
The RCMP’s Federal Serious and Organized Crime—Northwest Region executed search warrants at two homes and vehicles in Saskatoon on August 1. The searches were done with the help of the Saskatoon Police Service’s Tactical Support Unit and Crisis Negotiation Team, as...
