by MBC News | Feb 10, 2016
Photo courtesy Nunavut Department of Environment A Saskatchewan Environment wildlife biologist specializing in caribou says the annual winter migration in the northern part of the province does not appear to have taken place as usual this year. Tim Trottier is based...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2016
A La Ronge woman has been found after last being seen on Tuesday night hitchhiking north or Prince Albert. Santana Benjamin, 31, was spotted getting into a black car at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 355 at that time. Her family is concerned for her well-being,...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2016
The aunt of a murdered educator in La Loche has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pleading for immediate action. Four people died, and seven others were wounded when a teen opened fire – first at a home then at the local high school. Among...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2016
There will be more legal action in a horrible case of child abuse that resulted death and injury and convictions for two Regina care-givers. Now that the criminal trial is almost complete, a lawsuit filed against the Ministry of Social Services will start to move...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2016
Premier Brad Wall is suggesting it’s unlikely the northern Saskatchewan high school where two people were shot to death will be torn down. Wall says there are no immediate plans to demolish the school in La Loche but adds the final decision is up to the school...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2016
The Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs spent Tuesday in La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation. Minister Carolyn Bennett met with fellow MP Georgina Jolibois, Chief Ted Clark, the Mayor and Council of La Loche, leadership of the Métis Nation of...
by MBC News | Feb 10, 2016
Five million electronic records from Canada’s residential schools will soon be at people’s fingertips at the University if Saskatchewan. On Tuesday, the U of S signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2016
Photo courtesy Elections Saskatchewan Elections Saskatchewan is putting a call out for 10,000 people – in the north and across the province – to help with the spring election. Among the 1,700 polling places that will pop up for Saskatchewan’s spring...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2016
Children’s Advocate Bob Pringle. Photo courtesy Johnson Shomoya Graduate School of Public Policy. Saskatchewan’s Children’s Advocate is calling on the Ministry of Social Services to act quickly on changing laws, rather than relying on procedure changes that have...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2016
Poundmaker Chief Duane Antoine explains the payouts of oil producing land surrounding his reserve. Two Saskatchewan First Nations have sued the federal government over what they say are oil and gas rights. On Monday, Poundmaker Cree Nation and Onion Lake Cree Nation...