by MBC News | Dec 2, 2016
Photos from last year’s Santa Claus run. Photo courtesy TransWest Air, Facebook. Sleigh bells are sure to be ringing in northern Saskatchewan today, as Santa Claus starts his first day of Transwest Air’s annual Santa Run. Santa Claus will be in Fond du Lac...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2016
A fund-raising gala in Saskatoon tonight is aiming to send First Nation veterans to the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge next year. In April 1917, the Canadian Army along with several First Nation recruits succeeded in taking Vimy Ridge during World War I. It is...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2016
Minister Ralph Goodale meeting with Red Earth band council and three former chiefs on Ottawa on Tuesday. Photo courtesy Facebook, Darren Alvina Head. Red Earth Cree Nation’s chief has returned home from Ottawa feeling optimistic about meetings he had with...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2016
All Nations Hope Network Logo. Photo courtesy of allnationshope.ca Today is World AIDS day and the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week. Saskatchewan’s infection rate is twice the national average, and 70 per cent of the cases over the past ten years have been in...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2016
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Roger Francis of the Conference Board of Canada. Photo by Joel Willick. A book devoted to projecting the growth of Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal population will be receiving a 20th anniversary...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2016
File photo. RCMP say the bodies of two people have been found in the Canoe River. The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team had been dispatched to Ile-a-la-Crosse after reports that a vehicle may have gone through the ice. Investigators say the team located a submerged truck...
by MBC News | Dec 1, 2016
Gunnar uranium mine site. Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Research Council. The cleanup of the old Gunnar uranium mine site in northern Saskatchewan is moving to a new phase. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has approved plans to proceed with the cleanup of...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2016
The Cameco mine at McArthur River. Photo courtesy Cameco.ca Cameco is confirming that the McArthur River operation in northern Saskatchewan will be shutdown for four weeks during the summer. An official with the uranium company says they are asking employees at the...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2016
Photo by Manfred Joehnck The fall sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature came and went without an apology for the 60’s scoop. Earlier this year the Premier indicated it would happen during or before the fall sitting of the assembly but that did not happen. Premier...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2016
Jorgen Hus speaking in La Ronge. Photo courtesy of Braden Malsbury. Saskatchewan Roughriders long snapper Jorgen Hus was in northern Saskatchewan for the past two days, delivering presentations to students that touched on bullying and building healthy relationships....
