by MBC News | May 31, 2013 | Current News
Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel says he’s pleased with the signing of a new agreement between the company and the English River First Nation. Gitzel says the deal is worth $600 million in the first ten years and will provide jobs and spin-off opportunities for local...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is mourning the loss of its oldest resident. Elder Jeannie Amelik Roberts passed away yesterday at the age of 110. A resident of Stanley Mission, Roberts was known for her gentle nature and willingness to help anyone in need. She was born...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013 | Current News
There has been a major drug and weapons bust on the Little Black Bear First Nation in Southeast Saskatchewan. RCMP executed a search warrant on a home on the reserve yesterday and seized a large amount of marijuana and 15 guns. 41 year old Trent Bellegarde is facing...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013 | Current News
An apartment building in Prince Albert has been renovated into an affordable-housing unit. The 17-unit building is located in the 300 block of River Street west. Nearly $500,000 was spent fixing up bathrooms, putting in new kitchen cabinets, painting and replacing the...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013 | Current News
A police-dog handler in Meadow Lake has been charged with slashing someone’s tires on the Waterhen Lake Reserve. RCMP say the incident allegedly happened on March 18th. They received a complaint from a resident the following day and launched an investigation. As...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013 | Current News
A youth charged after shots were fired at a La Ronge area school this week remains in custody. The suspect appeared in Prince Albert court on Thursday. A total of five firearms related charges were laid after several shots were fired into the ground outside of Senator...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013 | Current News
The second annual Missing People Awareness Walk is on today hosted by the Agency Chiefs Tribal Council. The event began this morning in Spiritwood with a rally, followed by the walk which ends with supper at Witchekan Lake First Nation. Co-organizer Delphine McAdam...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013 | Current News
Uranium giants Cameco and Areva have reached a $600 million deal with a northern Saskatchewan First Nation to support their mining operations and drop a lawsuit over land near the proposed Millennium project. The collaboration agreement is with the English River...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013 | Current News
An arrest has been made in the murder of a man found critically injured in Regina in the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve. Thirty-six-year-old Nathaniel Thomas Elk of the Fort Qu’Appelle area has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013 | Current News
Saskatoon police say a body found in a river in Calgary is not that of a missing Aboriginal man from Saskatoon. Late yesterday afternoon, the Saskatoon Police Service says it became aware that 24-year-old Joseph Pelletier’s vehicle was located in Calgary....
