by MBC News | Aug 30, 2013 | Current News
A provincial committee is recommending tougher penalties for drinking drivers and increased powers for police to impose immediate suspensions and impound vehicles. In all, there are 26 recommendations in a traffic safety committee report which was released Friday...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2013 | Current News
Funeral services were held in Regina Friday afternoon for a boy killed on the Kahkewistahaw First Nation last week. Six-year-old Lee Bonneau died as a result of severe trauma suffered during an assault. He was in foster care and staying on the reserve when he died. In...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2013 | Current News
His nights on the roof have paid off. Souls Harbour rescue mission has exceeded this year’s campaign objective and raised more than $60,000 dollars to shelter the homeless. Executive director of the mission Joe Miller spent the week on the roof of the building to...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2013 | Current News
The Saskatchewan government’s decision to replace forest fire tower employees with automated cameras continues to generate controversy with the workers’ union. Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union President Bob Bymoen says with the elimination of...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2013 | Current News
A gold mining company with operations in the La Ronge area is attempting to re-group and rebuild after a disastrous year. Golden Band Resources ended its fiscal year with a loss of nearly $27 million. Almost half this loss came in the last quarter which ended April...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2013 | Current News
The search continues for the pilot of a floatplane that crashed in the Northwest Territories one week ago. The Single Otter, owned by Transwest Air, left Scott Lake in northern Saskatchewan last Thursday evening and was reported missing early Friday morning. The...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2013 | Current News
First Nation fire fighters from northern Saskatchewan have won another National Aboriginal Firefighter Competition. The event, hosted by the Aboriginal Fire Fighters Association of Canada, was held last weekend in Ontario. Fond du Lac First Nation Fire Chief Georgie...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2013 | Current News
A cottage owner on Crooked Lake is optimistic a compromise can be reached on proposed lease rate hikes. The lakefront property is owned by the nearby Sakimay First Nation. Lease rates are scheduled to go up dramatically – in some cases eight times what they are...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2013 | Current News
A new museum has been opened on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation with the goal of ensuring the dark legacy of Indian residential schools is never forgotten. The museum is located within a local addictions treatment centre and contains video recollections by elders,...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2013 | Current News
The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band says the First Nation is pleased politics has failed to rule the day when it comes to upcoming boundary changes to Saskatchewan’s northern riding. In its final report last week, the federal electoral boundaries commission...
