by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
A magnetic survey image of one of the larger clusters, which a news release says could be up to 18 hectares. Image courtesy canalaska.com The West Athabasca Basin De Beers Diamond Project drilling program is officially underway. A drill rig in the area was in...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
Wapiti Valley, Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy of Enns Kivin, Facebook. Six weeks after the Husky Energy oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River, there are still a few unanswered questions. Provincial officials have not yet been able to provide an estimated cost of...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
One person has been seriously injured in a fire on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP say they got a call around 4:30 this morning about a structure fire. When members arrived, they found a house trailer fully engulfed in flames. Police say one man was taken to...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
Dustin Duncan meets with the media. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. A full report on the July Husky oil spill into the North Saskatchewan river is still weeks away, but the province’s new energy minister wants to make sure it won’t happen again. Dustin Duncan has...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
File photo. Despite an election on the horizon for the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan, the political infighting continues. The latest disagreement stems from a Provincial Metis Council meeting scheduled for this weekend in Saskatoon. The president of the MN-S says...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
Hundreds gather for the 15th annual FASD Awareness Walk in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick An awareness walk highlighting a common struggle made its way through Saskatoon Friday morning. The 15th annual FASD Awareness Walk wound through the downtown core of the city,...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
Photo courtesy of First Nations University of Canada Facebook page. It started as the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in 1976, but then evolved into the First Nations University of Canada in 2003. Over the next four days, there will be a 40th anniversary...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
Rick Lowe with fellow founders of Houston-based Project Row Houses. Photo courtesy of projectrowhouses.org The debate over what some say is the gentrification of two Saskatoon neighbourhoods will be the topic of discussion at an event Friday night. The event is hosted...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2016
Senator Lillian Dyck along with honouree Darlene Okemaysin-Sicotte and her husband Chris Sicotte at the Strength of Our Women Awards Gala. Hundreds of people gathered in Saskatoon last night to honour a select few Indigenous women for their outstanding...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2016
Mayor Duane Favel, Jim Durocher, and Minister Carolyn Bennett at the meeting. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Humiliation at the hands of nuns and the deaths of children are just some of the stories shared at a gathering of hundreds of people with Minister Carolyn Bennett...
