by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011 | Current News
The work continues on a washed-out section of Highway 915 which has left the community of Stanley Mission without road access. About community members were stranded in Prince Albert on the weekend and another 30 are staying in La Ronge, either with family or in...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011 | Current News
A Saskatoon man is recovering in hospital after a shooting incident in the city earlier this morning. Police say the 22-year-old victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a residence in the 1600 block of Avenue B North shortly after 3 a.m., and was rushed to...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011 | Current News
Officials at the Whitecap Dakota First Nation have plans to increase medical services to band members. The community’s new 5,300-square-foot health centre is now officially open. Chief Darcy Bear says a number of existing programs offered under Health Canada...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band community plan is almost ready for residents to see. Community planner Ross Soward says it should be rolled out during a presentation in February. Soward is a community planner at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He has been working on the...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011 | Current News
A band councillor with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is the latest person to be elected to Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation’s board of directors. Angie Merasty of Pelican Narrows has also held positions with the provincial government, SaskTel and Cameco....
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2011 | Current News
A section of the only highway into the northern community of Stanley Mission has been washed out. As a result, the reserve is temporarily without road access to the rest of the province. The washout occurred over the weekend and created a large crater in the highway,...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2011 | Current News
RCMP have issued an arrest warrant following a weekend shooting at the Onion Lake Cree Nation. The incident happened during an altercation late Saturday afternoon, and police say it was not a random act. The 19-year-old male victim is recovering after surgery at a...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2011 | Current News
AREVA Resources has announced plans to mill all of the ore extracted from the Cigar Lake uranium mine. The Cigar Lake mine is owned by Cameco, but it is not expected to begin operating until 2013 due to a flood a few years ago. AREVA spokesman Jarret Adams says, under...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2011 | Current News
A Grade 10 student at Balcarres High School is one of two people selected as a Canadian First Nations youth delegate to a United Nations gathering in Geneva, Switzerland. Colin Starblanket was chosen through an essay-writing competition organized by the First Nations...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2011 | Current News
Meadow Lake city council has provided a victim impact statement to the RCMP on the impact of the drug trade. Meadow Lake RCMP asked for the statement as part of a project on drugs in the community. Sgt. Phil DeGruchy says the letter can then be filed in court when...
