by MBC News | May 17, 2016
First Nations elementary school students from across the province gathered in Saskatoon today for a celebration of language and culture. Nearly 400 First Nation students from Grades 1 to 5 gathered at E.D. Feehan High School to partake in an event called Honouring Our...
by MBC News | May 17, 2016
It is quite the field trip for a group of high school students from several remote northern Saskatchewan communities. They are in Regina for two days to learn about government, post secondary education, the Mounties and themselves. It’s all part of a youth...
by MBC News | May 17, 2016
Due to extreme wildfire hazards, the Saskatchewan government has expanded the ban on all open fires issued May 10 to include Lac La Ronge Provincial Park and all Crown forest north of the Churchill River. The province says the original fire ban for the west side of...
by MBC News | May 17, 2016
Golden Heart mine. Photo courtesy goldenbandresources.com It seems as though a former La Ronge gold production company will either sell off its assets, or be forced to accept an offer put forward by its biggest lender. Golden Band Resources issued a news release this...
by MBC News | May 17, 2016
A man has been sentenced by a Prince Albert court to 16 months for uttering death threats and assaulting his former girlfriend. Raymond Knife, 34, has been in prison since August of last year. Police arrested him after his partner at the time fled the apartment...
by MBC News | May 16, 2016
FSIN Vice-Chief Bob Merasty pictured in January. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski A vice-chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says it is no surprise the welfare rates on Saskatchewan First Nations are so high, but predicts big changes in the statistics in...
by MBC News | May 16, 2016
Several hundred of Saskatoon’s most vulnerable population were given a bit of a break on Monday. The city’s homeless were able to partake in YXE Connects, an event which provides several services to the vulnerable population for free. The event took place...
by MBC News | May 16, 2016
Residents of Saskatoon and other areas in west-central Saskatchewan will be getting a bit of a break today from the choking smoke of the Alberta wildfires. A change in wind direction will blow the smoke further north. Wildfire officials in Saskatchewan remain on high...
by MBC News | May 16, 2016
CEO Keith Martell, left. Photo courtesy First Nations Bank of Canada, Facebook. The Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Bank of Canada will be receiving an honourary degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Keith Martell, a member of the Waterhen Lake...
by MBC News | May 13, 2016
Motorists flee Fort McMurray May 3. (Photo by Toby Shattler) The recent wildfire crisis in northern Alberta is something La Ronge Ice Wolves forward Toby Shattler knows all too well about. The Fort McMurray product was forced to grab a bag and head south with his...
