by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016
Sod turning on the Pasqua First Nation. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. The Pasqua First Nation, about 70 kilometers northeast of Regina, will soon be home to a culture and youth centre, as a result of new funding by Indigenous Affairs Canada. Sod turning for...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016
People gather at the Sharing the Wisdom Conference on HIV/AIDS rates in the province. Photo by Joel Willick The Government of Saskatchewan is seeking community input in the development of a multi-year plan to reduce HIV and AIDS rates in the province. Several...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016
Broadview RCMP are actively looking for a missing 16-year-old girl from the Cowessess First Nation. Norma Jade Shepherd was last seen leaving a Cowessess residence last Wednesday in an unknown vehicle. She was reported missing to police several hours later, but...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016
Regina police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since mid-September. Shakiya Shayden Paquachan is not attending school and despite reports that she has been seen, police say need to establish face-to-face...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2016
Photo courtesy of SaskTel. SaskTel has announced an agreement that will bring dedicated internet over fibre to 80 Saskatchewan First Nations offices and 10 Tribal Council offices. The agreement involves Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, the Federation of...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2016
Dr. Mansfield Mela. Photo courtesy of usask.sk.ca International experts gathered at the University of Saskatchewan on Monday to help create the first ever treatment and medicine guidelines for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. According to experts, FASD has been...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2016
A group in northwest Saskatchewan wants to inject new life and new money into the province’s wild rice industry. Saskatchewan produces over half the wild rice in Canada, but the industry has been stagnant for a number of years and producers are not seeing a big return...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2016
Former La Ronge Ice Wolves Head Coach/GM Shawn Martin. Photo courtesy of facebook.com Late on Sunday evening, the La Ronge Ice Wolves Board of Directors relieved Head Coach and GM Shawn Martin of his duties. “Looking over the season a little bit, the board felt...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2016
Georgina Jolibois stands in Parliament on Oct. 17 to ask questions about the provision of disaster assistance in remote communities in the event of wildfires, flooding and other disasters. Still frame from video on Facebook, Georgina Jolibois, MP...
by MBC News | Oct 21, 2016
Gail McCrimmon, second from left, is one of the 2016 Touchdown for Dreams recipients. Photo courtesy Cameco. Cameco Touchdown for Dreams recipient Gail McCrimmon doesn’t get emotional when talking about what it’s like living with Stage 4 colon cancer, but it’s hard...
