by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
Phone service, both land line and cellular, returned to northwest Saskatchewan just after 5:00 pm today. For much of the day, residents were forced to do without any kind of phone or Internet communications. Beauval, Buffalo Narrows, Canoe Narrows, Dillon, Ile a la...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
About 50 people gathered at Kiwanis Memorial Park in Saskatoon today in honour of residential school survivors. The gathering was part of a national day of action calling on the Harper government to honour the apology it made in 2008 to students who attended...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
A former NDP cabinet minister apparently doesn’t see a problem with Saskatchewan hosting a nuclear waste storage facility. Three northern communities are exploring that potential. Retired politician Keith Goulet believes the idea should be considered given that...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s crime rate is bad but it is getting better. The latest numbers released by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics indicate Saskatchewan has the highest crime rate amoung Canadian provinces. Despite this the province also posted the biggest...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
The Metis Nation got a commitment from the provinces yesterday to work towards a National Metis Economic Development Strategy. MNC president Clem Chartier says the premiers of Ontario westward, except for Alberta, all pledged to have their ministers work with Ottawa...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
The federal government says it has no plans to launch a national inquiry into the problem of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. According to the Canadian Press, a spokeswoman for Peter McKay says the government has already taken concrete action, including passing...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
The washout of a SaskTel fibre optic cable has cut off cellphone, land line and Internet service in northwest Saskatchewan. The communities affected include Beauval , Buffalo Narrows, Canoe Narrows, Dillon, Ile-a-la-Crosse, La Loche, and Patuanak.SaskTel says the...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
***UPDATE*** RCMP say they have captured Monte Ray Nanaquatung. The 21 year-old man was located on the Fishing Lake reserve around 1:30 this afternoon. He was taken into custody without incident. A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for a 21-year-old Regina...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2013 | Current News
***UPDATE*** RCMP now say Donald Laswisse has been located. Mounties discovered him walking down a road in the White Butte area around noon today. They say he is in good health. RCMP in the Regina area are looking to the public for information on a missing...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2013 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies has appointed Riel Bellegarde as its new president. Bellegarde, a member of the Peepeekisis First Nation, has worked for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada for the past 16 years. He has held a number of...