by MBC News | Jul 4, 2013 | Current News
A number of the world’s up and coming and established golfers took to the links Thursday at the Dakota Dunes Open including Aboriginal golf pro Notah Begay the third. Begay, the only Native American on the PGA Tour, is in the Saskatoon area for the week and will take...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2013 | Current News
The leader of the Saskatchewan NDP says he wants government officials to take local input into account when evacuating communities like Cumberland House. Cam Broten met with evacuees from the community this week and he says local residents of Cumberland House want...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2013 | Current News
RCMP are investigating a serious incident in Dillon. On June 28th a man allegedly broke into the residence of a 72 year-old woman and attacked her. RCMP got the call around 3:00 in the morning. The victim as taken to hospital in Île-à-la-Crosse with non-life...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2013 | Current News
Battered women around the province are being given a life line thanks to a SaskTel recycling project. A record 46 thousand old cells phones have been collected and recycled since the program began. By the end of the year SaskTel hopes to hit 50 thousand. Proceeds from...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2013 | Current News
Evacuees from Cumberland House are beginning to make their way home. Buses pulled out of Saskatoon and Prince Albert this morning. Duane McKay, the commissioner of emergency management for the province, says local leaders gave them the order today. He adds highway...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2013 | Current News
A northwestern Saskatchewan First Nation has launched legal action aimed at blocking oil sands exploration near its reserve. The Buffalo River Dene Nation is asking the courts to set aside two exploratory permits covering 200,000 acres of land north of the Primrose...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2013 | Current News
Some international students are visiting La Ronge this week. Five students from Norway are visiting the community as part of an international field trip. The trans-Atlantic journey was organized by the International Centre for Northern Governance. Professor Greg...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013 | Current News
A 19 year-old woman from Witchekan Lake First Nation is facing impaired driving charges after being pulled over on the weekend. RCMP say that on Saturday, around 6:30 a.m. a vehicle was spotted by patrol officers on Highway 40 in the RM of Douglas. Blaine Lake...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013 | Current News
RCMP are investigating after the body of a 45-year-old man was recovered yesterday from the lake at Big River First Nation. Police were called around 11:15 and found the man floating about 15 metres from the shoreline. The victim is from the Big River First Nation,...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013 | Current News
There was a scare during Canada Day festivities in downtown La Ronge yesterday. An older man and a child were injured at the local children’s festival when a strong gust of wind suddenly sent a bouncy castle tumbling. The child was one of four kids in the...
