by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012 | Current News
The SIIT Foundation has received its first donation. The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan recently donated $750,000 for a computer-equipped study centre. SIIT marketing and communications director Robert Daniels says there are now 22-hundred students attending the...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2012 | Current News
SIAST has set up an anti-racism campaign in three cities in Saskatchewan. Anti-racism author Tim Wise will speak on the topic in Saskatoon and Regina this month, and Prince Albert next month. SIAST spokesperson Elizabeth Duret says talks like this are badly needed....
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2012 | Current News
RCMP are investigating after two people died in a house fire yesterday afternoon in Pelican Narrows. The blaze was reported shortly after 3:00 p.m., and the home was engulfed in flames when police arrived. RCMP Cpl. Damon Maier says a 45-year-old woman was able to...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2012 | Current News
A spokesman for AREVA Resources says the company is pleased with a recent legal ruling concerning the McClean Lake uranium mine. On Monday, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a case brought against AREVA and the government. The Athabasca Territorial Government,...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2012 | Current News
The president of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation says he is aiming for a smooth transition on April 1st. That is the day Saskatchewan commercial fishers officially exit out from under the monopoly of the FFMC, and are legally allowed to sell their catch to...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2012 | Current News
A unique type of public school, found only in Alberta, is being held up as a model for other First Nations to follow. Joseph Quesnel, an analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, says Saskatchewan’s western neighbor is the only province in the country...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2012 | Current News
A Senate committee hearing has heard that the process of converting TLE land to reserves has been slow. And the Auditor General’s office says that has led to financial hardship for some bands. Auditor General’s office spokesman Frank Barrett says while...
by MBC News | Mar 8, 2012 | Current News
Officials with three southern Saskatchewan reserves are gearing up to be part of BHP Billiton’s Jansen potash mine project. The George Gordon, Day Star and Kawacatoose First Nations will be working with ATCO to provide workforce housing, catering and other...
by MBC News | Mar 7, 2012 | Current News
Residents of Meadow Lake can expect to boil their water for the next couple of weeks. A boil water advisory went into effect on Monday after high turbidity levels occurred in the treated water supply. Ron Cummins is a project officer with Saskatchewan Environment....
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2012 | Current News
The mother of a man killed in La Loche doesn’t think the co-accused received a long enough sentence. Curtis Eklund received a six-year sentence in a Meadow Lake court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing of Matthew St. Pierre, after...