by MBC News | Dec 23, 2011 | Current News
A high school in Duck Lake is awash in controversy these days after students rallied to protest the impending transfer of a teacher there. Kevin Seesequasis is a community member who has been watching the ordeal. He himself is a former student of Donna Nieman the...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2011 | Current News
One person is dead and four others are injured after a single-vehicle rollover in the North Battleford area. RCMP say the victim was a passenger in a vehicle that went out of control on a grid road Thursday night in the Rural Municipality of Buffalo. The crash was...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011 | Current News
A preliminary hearing for a former dormitory supervisor at the Beauval Indian Residential School will be held in the spring. Seventy-year-old Paul Leroux is facing 13-counts of indecent assault after complaints were filed by former students of the school. Leroux lives...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011 | Current News
The dialysis unit at Battlefords Union Hospital will soon be open six days a week, instead of the current three. That means starting January 10th, an extra eight patients can now get dialysis there, instead of travelling all the way to Saskatoon. Prairie North Health...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011 | Current News
The push is on to cut down on the number of Tuberculosis cases in Fond du Lac. An awareness campaign is being launched in the community to inform residents about the dangers of the illness and warning signs to watch for. Katelyn Yaden is a registered nurse in the...
by MBC News | Dec 22, 2011 | Current News
The Friendship Centre in Prince Albert has received thirty thousand dollars to help renovate its building for homeless people. Executive director Connie Farber explains they badly need the money to spruce up old sections of the structure including the kitchen. She...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2011 | Current News
Stranded residents of Stanley Mission are now able to head back home in their vehicles. About 100 people from the community have been staying in Prince Albert and La Ronge since Sunday’s washout on the only road into the community. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2011 | Current News
A Saskatoon lawyer is setting up a fund for remote Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan. Lisa Abbott, originally from the Pelican Lake First Nation, represents about 130 residential school survivors — mostly in the province’s far north. Her office will...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2011 | Current News
A child daycare centre in La Ronge was evacuated this morning over a report of a gas odour. Local firefighters were called in at around 10:15 to investigate, but duty officer Will Breen says their instruments found no sign of a gas leak. Breen says SaskEnergy...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2011 | Current News
An election appeal on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation has been dismissed. This morning, several dozen people filed into the community hall to hear the case between challenger Henry Felix and incumbent chief Wesley Daniels. Felix was appealing the results of the 2010...
