by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012 | Current News
La Ronge RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a weekend collision which damaged a local business. Early Saturday morning, a pickup truck crashed into Drifters Motel, significantly damaging one of the rooms. Fortunately, no one was in the room at the...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012 | Current News
Robert Doucette is anxious to get on with the job at hand. Over the weekend, he won re-election as president of the Metis Nation – Sasktchewan. He defeated five other candidates to win the election, collecting about a third of the total votes cast. Doucette...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012 | Current News
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Justice Murray Sinclair pointed that out today during Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in North Battleford. Sinclair said young Aboriginal people have much higher suicide rates than other Canadians. He said that is...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012 | Current News
A northern Saskatchewan Opposition MLA believes pending changes to social housing will result in an exodus of working families from the province’s north. New Democrat Buckley Belanger notes people who currently live in SaskHousing units pay a maximum of $800 a...
by MBC News | Sep 10, 2012 | Current News
The president of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation is dispelling speculation that some recent high prices are the result of Saskatchewan’s exit from its monopoly. On April 1st, commercial fishers in the province officially exited out from under the...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2012 | Current News
The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan held its province-wide elections yesterday — and incumbent president Robert Doucette won another term in office by beating five challengers. In unofficial results, Doucette received 1,015 votes out of the 2,905 ballots cast...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012 | Current News
The Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre has officially opened its doors in Prince Albert. The 15-bed facility is designed to help youth between the ages of 12 and 17 deal with addiction-problems. The provincial government has invested more than $5 million into the...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012 | Current News
The SJHL has reportedly told the Onion Lake Cree Nation it won’t be getting an expansion team. The community had applied for a franchise, but was apparently told no — over concerns there’s not enough people living in the community. The SJHL wants at...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012 | Current News
The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is gearing up for a long-awaited election. It has been five years since Metis citizens in the province went to the polls to choose their leaders. Five people are challenging incumbent president Robert Doucette for the chance to...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2012 | Current News
A northern Saskatchewan wild rice marketer estimates 10% of this year’s harvest recently blew away. Lynn Riese owns Riese’s Canadian Lake Wild Rice. Riese says wild rice producers usually get about five picks per harvest — but about half of the first...
