by MBC News | Jul 13, 2012 | Current News
Troy Cooper has been announced as the new chief of the Prince Albert Police Service. He takes over from current police chief Dale McFee, who will be leaving the job at the end of August. Cooper says the police service will continue its efforts to have a good...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2012 | Current News
There will be a couple of Aboriginal apprentices working the Saskatchewan Summer Games later this month — and it is hoped they will take what they learn and turn it into a career. It is called the Aboriginal Apprentice Coach Program, and it is the first of its...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2012 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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 | Current News
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,...
