by MBC News | Jun 10, 2016
Photo Courtesy Sask Mining Association, Twitter. The First Nations unemployment rate in Saskatchewan is more than four times the provincial average while the Metis rate is twice as high. The latest job numbers from Statistics Canada were released this morning. They...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2016
For 40 years the Northern Teachers Education Program has trained teachers in northern Saskatchewan and this weekend the organization will celebrate that milestone. On Friday and Saturday several teachers, students and others involved in the program over the years will...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2016
Pride flags were freshly unfolded for the first time on Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation this week, but not for the last time as councillor Kevin Seeseequasis encourages the reserve to “go gayly forward.” As a two-spirit man, Seeseequasis is the guiding force...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2016
RCMP out of Fond du Lac are confirming that a 20 year-old woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle. Delaine Lidguerre of Fond du Lac was struck by a truck when she was walking by the side of the road at around 9:15 Thursday morning. RCMP say she received...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2016
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeals says there will be no change to four guilty verdicts related to a man threatening to shoot his then-girlfriend and her daughter on James Smith reserve in January of 2014. Martin Gilbert Burns failed in his attempt to appeal a...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2016
A meeting billed to be of “critical importance” to northern Saskatchewan will be held next week in Prince Albert. It is being organized by New North, a northern municipal lobby group, which is inviting municipal, First Nations and Metis leaders —...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2016
For the second year in a row, Saskatchewan rates as the best place to invest in mining activity in Canada and the second best place in the world behind western Australia. The rankings follow a survey of mining companies around the world by the Fraser Institute. A...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2016
An expert on early childhood development told a La Ronge conference this week that love builds children’s brains. Dr. Jean Clinton, an early childhood psychiatrist, was one of the speakers at the “Roots to Wings” conference — which wraps up...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2016
A man accused of attempted murder related to a stabbing in La Ronge earlier this spring, was denied bail this week. Elias Ballantyne, 43, has been behind bars since March 17 after Mounties responded to a call and found a 50-year-old man suffering from serious stab...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2016
La Ronge RCMP say the body of a man missing since December has been located. Police say searchers from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band located the remains of Billy Taylor around 11:30 yesterday morning. Investigators say his body was found in the area where he was...
