by MBC News | Dec 21, 2017
A $2-million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research will go towards combating AIDS and HIV on First Nations reserves. The money will go to Dr. Stuart Skinner, a clinician, and researcher based at the University of Saskatchewan. Skinner is currently...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
Both engines of the West Wind Aviation turboprop passenger plane were operating when the plane hit the ground shortly after takeoff from the Fond du Lac airport last Wednesday night. The information was released today during a media briefing held by Transportation...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
Saskatchewan RCMP is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing boy. Tyler Walker was reported missing over two weeks ago from a home in the community of Pilot Butte. RCMP say they have been searching for Walker since then but have not been able to locate...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
A trappers table in Prince Albert in 2016. Photo courtesy the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association. Provincial fur expert Mike Gollop says there is reason to be optimistic about the fur trade in Saskatchewan. The latest report from Saskatchewan Environment...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
The Transportation Safety Board will release more information this afternoon on its investigation into last week’s crash of a West Wind Aviation turboprop plane at the Fond du Lac airport. Twenty-five people on board, including a baby, were injured when the plane went...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
More cases of chronic wasting disease have been found in three new wildlife management zones in the province. Saskatchewan Environment says the cases were found in zones 44, 39 and 3. These zones are located southeast of North Battleford, northwest of Yorkton and in...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
The Wanuskewin heritage park, located north of Saskatoon, is one of eight sites added to Canada’s tentative list for World Heritage Sites today. World Heritage Sites are locations all around the world that have been noted by the United Nations to be of cultural...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2017
Hungry students will have the chance to partake in some traditional First Nations food this holiday season thanks to a donation from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. The FSIN has spent this past week giving elk, deer and moose meat to those in need. The...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2017
Former CFLers Geroy Simon and JR LaRose with MBC on-air personality Riley Novakoski during a visit to La Ronge. Photo supplied by Riley Novakoski. The La Ronge and Stanley Mission areas are playing host to two former Grey Cup champions. Former CFLers Geroy Simon and...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2017
Coyote pelts made up the bulk of wild fur sales in Saskatchewan during the last fiscal year, bringing in more than $2.7 million, or 77 per cent of the total provincial fur market. The average pelt price was $111.47, up 32 per cent from the previous year. However, the...
