by MBC News | Jan 30, 2017
The Mel Hegland Uniplex. Photo supplied by Braden Malsbury. An overheated heater forced the evacuation of the Mel Hegland Uniplex in La Ronge Sunday. A spectator noticed red-hot heater pipes and smoke coming from the unit. A Facebook post from the town’s community...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2017
Photo courtesy of simfc.ca The White Buffalo Youth Lodge and the Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centre are among six organizations in that city to receive extra funding through the federal government’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy. The extra funding will be...
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2017
The Star-Orion South Diamond Project. Photo Courtesy of www.shoregold.com The province says it has a legal duty to consult James Smith Cree Nation on outstanding concerns about the community’s proximity to a proposed diamond mine. Shore Gold’s...
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2017
Metis Nation Saskatchewan logo. Photo courtesy of crwflags.com A Metis Nation Saskatchewan election expected to be held this spring, could face another delay. A court injunction has been filed to block next month’s Metis Nation Legislative Assembly in Saskatoon where...
by MBC News | Jan 27, 2017
Canadian Rangers logo. Photo courtesy of army-armee.forces.gc.ca Members of the Canadian Rangers Patrol Group will be holding a winter survival training exercise in the Fond du Lac area this weekend. During the exercise, participants will be taught what to do in the...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2017
Clayton James Bear. Photos courtesy Facebook. On Thursday, the jury at a Prince Albert trial for two men accused of murdering a 17-year-old Cree boy heard testimony from a number of police officers who were involved in the investigation. Prince Albert man Jordan...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2017
Dakota Dunes Golf Links. Photo courtesy of Tourism Saskatchewan. The Dakota Dunes Open near Saskatoon on the Whitecap Dakota First Nation has hit a rough patch after nine years as the tournament won’t be taking place this summer. SIGA was the title sponsor for...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2017
Photo of oil spill on Ocean Man First Nation. Photo courtesy of Government of Saskatchewan. The provincial government says there are no records of formal provincial inspections being done on the pipeline that recently ruptured on the Ocean Man First Nation. The...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2017
Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel. Photo courtesy of Cameco.Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel says the company will look to Saskatchewan when it needs to ramp up production. Speaking at an investors conference in Whistler, BC today, Gitzel predicts the world glut...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to a question from a man from Cowessess. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pressed on his commitment to Indigenous people at a Saskatoon stop on his cross-country speaking tour, he twice said that...
