by MBC News | Sep 18, 2012 | Current News
Repairs are underway at the Poundmaker School after it was shut down last week over health issues. Band councillor Colby Tootoosis says hydrogen sulphide was coming up from a dentist’s office in the school and people were getting sick. “There’s like a...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2012 | Current News
RCMP say alcohol is believed to have been a factor in a collision that left four people dead south of Blaine Lake over the weekend. A minivan and two cars collided near a bridge on Highway 12 at around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The victims have been identified...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2012 | Current News
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization continues to make trips to Saskatchewan to give more information about nuclear waste storage. On Friday, northern mayors heard an update from officials with the agency. According to the NWMO, 21 communities in Canada have...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2012 | Current News
It took a lot of hard work, but the lights and taps are working again at Ile-a-la-Crosse. The northern Saskatchewan community suffered a power outage and a sewage line break last week that knocked out water and electricity for most residents. The power went out on...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2012 | Current News
Concerns over fire regulations dominated this morning’s session of the Northern Mayors Roundtable in Prince Albert. Mayors are raising objections about hefty bills they are receiving for fire suppression within municipal limits. La Loche mayor Georgina Jolibois...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2012 | Current News
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission will not be coming to Ile-a-la-Crosse this weekend as originally planned. The TRC says the hearing it had scheduled for tomorrow in the northern village is being postponed due to a recent storm that has disrupted power, water...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2012 | Current News
A big piece of Saskatchewan history is being celebrated in Fort Qu’Appelle over the next week. Thirty-four chiefs and thousands of First Nations students will be in the community for the annual Treaty 4 gathering. The treaty was signed on September 15th, 1874,...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2012 | Current News
The federal government insists it is spending money in the effort to reduce the problem of violence against Aboriginal women. Susan Truppe, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women, says her department has approved $5.5 million on projects aimed at reducing...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2012 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Research Council has announced the construction of a new mineral processing pilot plant in Saskatoon. The $2.2-million facility is being developed with funding from the provincial and federal governments. SRC vice-president of mining and minerals...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2012 | Current News
The chief electoral officer for the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan says he is preparing to sort through ballots. Last week’s MN-S election resulted in a close finish in the race for provincial secretary. May Henderson unofficially defeated Tammy Mah by a vote...
