by MBC News | Oct 4, 2012 | Current News
North Battleford’s Gold Eagle Casino and Gold Eagle Lodge are finalists for a national tourism award. The award is for excellence in human resources development. Casino spokesman Roger Anderson says he believes the casino is a finalist because it places a strong...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2012 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers says a La Ronge judge overstepped her bounds in a recent ruling. Federation president Evan Bray says the issue revolves a decision made by Justice Felicia Daunt in late September. He says the case involved a female...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2012 | Current News
An official with the Keewatin Yatthe Regional Health Authority is confirming that two paramedics in Beauval have recently been fired. Dale West says a new director of emergency services has since been hired. He also says a review has been done and the region continues...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2012 | Current News
One of four young people accused of killing a man on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation last year has been released on bail. Nineteen-year-old Dannie Knife faces a charge of second-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the death of 25-year-old Christian Bird. Bird...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2012 | Current News
The RCMP now has its first Aboriginal female officer in charge of criminal operations for the province. Chief Superintendent Brenda Butterworth-Carr is also the second-highest ranking member of the RCMP in Saskatchewan. Butterworth-Carr previously served as Chief...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2012 | Current News
Two well-known Aboriginal runners are speaking at a Saskatoon high school today. Shannon Louttit and William Merasty are present for a screening of the film “Frontrunners” at Oskayak School. The film is an award-winning work about how ten Aboriginal relay...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2012 | Current News
Inmates at a Prince Albert jail are teaming up with Habitat for Humanity to build some homes for needy people. Over the next five years, inmates at the Riverbend Institution will construct five ready-to-move units. The provincial government is contributing $250,000...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2012 | Current News
An oil exploration company that had promised to help spur the La Loche economy has been bought by another oil firm. Oilsands Quest has been bought by Cenovus Energy. The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench approved the deal today. As a result of the purchase, Cenovus...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2012 | Current News
A teacher from La Loche has been recognized for her efforts in saving the life of a local teenager who had been stabbed. The incident occurred on the morning of November 3rd, 2011. The 15-year-old victim was in the hallway when he was attacked by another boy. Phyllis...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2012 | Current News
A university professor says she hopes to better understand the Denesuline language through a new research project. Dr. Olga Lovick of the First Nations University of Canada plans to record people speaking the language to one another. She wants to see how people act...
