by MBC News | May 7, 2021
Cameco is reporting a net loss of $5 million and an adjusted net loss of $29 million for the first quarter of 2021. The loss comes as the Cigar Lake mine was temporarily shutdown from December to April over COVID-19 concerns. The uranium producer did continue to pay...
by MBC News | May 7, 2021
The Northern Village of La Loche continues vaccination efforts as two variants affect the community, but Mayor Georgina Jolibois said getting COVID-19 information from the provincial government “is like pulling teeth.” “All we are getting is that it is a variant of...
by MBC News | May 6, 2021
The Prince Albert Police Service, Parkland Ambulance and Saskatchewan Health Authority have announced a new joint initiative. The three organizations say they have teamed up to ensure people who are arrested and brought into custody by P.A. Police have access to a...
by MBC News | May 6, 2021
As opposition continues to mount over a proposed peat moss development south of La Ronge, the area MLA doesn’t think the project can come to fruition. Lambert Peat Moss said it’s proposed project would see moss harvested from four cluster sites south of La Ronge. In a...
by MBC News | May 5, 2021
A La Ronge man who helped organize the Walking with Our Angels campaign is responding to the provincial government passing suicide prevention legislation. Christopher Merasty, who is also the founder of Men of the North, said when he heard about the legislation being...
by MBC News | May 5, 2021
(Crystal in La Loche wears red to remember her mother Janet Sylvestre. Janet was 37 years old when she was last seen in Saskatoon on October 12, 1994. Her remains were found in a rural area outside of Saskatoon on October 13, 1994. Credit the Sask RCMP Twitter.) As...
by MBC News | May 5, 2021
The federal government is increasing the budget in the prairies for regional economic development, which is aimed at creating local entrepreneur opportunities, similar to the Ile-a-la-Crosse Fish Company. Ottawa invested approximately $1.3 million in 2017 to help the...
by MBC News | May 4, 2021
An Indigenous man living in Saskatoon is recounting a recent interaction with city police, which left him with serious injuries. William Favel said he just completed a 20km run in the morning of April 2, near 20th Street and Avenue N, when he noticed a police cruiser...
by MBC News | May 3, 2021
More Northern Saskatchewan residents will soon be able to get their COVID-19 vaccination. In a media release sent out Monday afternoon the provincial government announced starting Tuesday May 4 anyone 18 years of age and older living in the Northern Administrative...
by MBC News | May 3, 2021
Mounties say they disrupted a large shipment of bootlegged liquor from going to Black Lake. Mounties were alerted to a vehicle passing through La Ronge last Thursday. Southend RCMP stopped the vehicle and officer allege they could spot the alcohol in plain sight....
