by MBC News | Jul 12, 2012
The new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan is a step closer to reality. This morning, the provincial government announced an additional $15.5 million in funding and laid out the design plans for the $230-million institution. That brings the government’s...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2012
Environment officials say the smoky haze that has been experienced in much of Saskatchewan today is primarily from a major wildfire to the west of the province. Spokesperson Jeanette Krayetski says the smoke is coming from a 100,000-hectare blaze in northwestern...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2012
An educator based in Regina is this year’s recipient of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Outstanding Aboriginal Educator Award. Maureen Johns was nominated by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation — and has been described as a passionate...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2012
A five-member taskforce is being set up to help reduce crime in the Battlefords. It has representatives of the city, school divisions, Corrections and Policing, and the Battlefords RCMP. A fifth member will represent Social Services. Over the summer, the group will...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2012
The Transportation Safety Board says a deadly plane crash in northern Saskatchewan last summer was caused when the plane stalled. The board has released its report into the crash that happened on June 30th of last year when a de Havilland Beaver went down in Buss...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2012
Charges of impaired driving causing bodily harm and leaving the scene of an accident have been laid against a 23-year-old La Ronge woman. La Ronge RCMP allege Naomi Roberts was behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian on the Bigstone reserve at about...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2012
A Saskatchewan Aboriginal group is lashing out at a poll that concluded urban Aboriginals are as happy as other Canadians. The numbers are based on a 2009 study, but were just released by the CD Howe Institute. The president of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2012
An official with Saskatchewan Highways says the ministry is doing the best it can to keep a northern roadway in good working order. Highways 903 and 965 are the centre of attention this week after the chief of the Canoe Lake Cree Nation released a public letter,...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2012
Conditions are ripe for forest fires in the province. About 35 are burning right now, and 20 of them have started in the last day or so. The weather is not helping matters. The current heat wave is drying things out and lightning strikes are igniting new fires daily....
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2012
Saskatchewan continues to bake in a heat wave. Yesterday was another record-setting day in the province, with 16 communities setting previously unreached highs for yesterday’s date. Many records fell in the province’s north. La Ronge reached 33.2 degrees...
