by MBC News | Jan 13, 2012 | Current News
A documentary will air tomorrow night exploring the rising number of Aboriginal kids in Canada who are growing up without dads in the home. The film is titled “Blind Spot”. CBC reporter Geoff Leo says he got the idea to do the film after covering so many stories where...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2012 | Current News
A new report on the state of health in northern Saskatchewan communities has been released by the province’s three northern health regions. Northern medical health officer Dr. James Irvine says statistics were gathered from a number of provincial and federal...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2012 | Current News
A coyote shot in North Battleford is confirmed to have had distemper. Bylaw enforcement supervisor Ross MacAngus says the positive result came back Thursday. The disease affects dogs, wolves and coyotes. Animals that get distemper typically have runny noses, watery...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2012 | Current News
SaskPower has begun to clear out brush from under one of its northern power lines. The work is being done on the existing line running from the Island Falls dam to the Key Lake area. Company vice president Mike Marsh says the work is needed to cut down trees growing...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2012 | Current News
There is a new national initiative for suicide prevention. The federal government has announced it intends to gather a series of best practices from other parts of the world for use in Canada — and in particular — Aboriginal communities. Dr. Malcolm King...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2012 | Current News
An Opposition MLA says he isn’t impressed with some new regulations released by the provincial government. Buckley Belanger feels the province’s new draft Environmental Code is inadequate when it comes to protecting the wilderness and safe-guarding northern...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2012 | Current News
Regina police would like to hear from anyone with information on a missing 28-year-old woman. Police say Brandy Rene Wesaquate has not contacted her family or friends since the early morning hours of January 1st — and was reported missing on Tuesday. She was...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2012 | Current News
Officials with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band appear to be changing their approach to dealing with stray dogs in the community. In a statement, Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says the problem of roaming and abandoned dogs is a “very real safety issue” for band...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2012 | Current News
Cut Knife RCMP would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed a shooting incident from last fall. On the morning of October 30th, police received a call about gunshots being fired near a home at the Little Pine First Nation. No one was hurt, and it’s not...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2012 | Current News
RCMP are looking to the public for information on the location of a man from the Piapot First Nation. Police went to the reserve on December 16th after receiving a 911 call that indicated 41-year-old Christopher Crowe was in medical distress. Southey RCMP Sgt. Mark...
