by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013 | Current News
A man familiar to MBC listeners has taken the top prize in a new Canadian literary competition. Richard Wagamese is the the inaugural winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Literature. Wagamese is the host of “One Native Life” and...
by MBC News | Oct 3, 2013 | Current News
Members of northern Saskatchewan’s Environmental Quality Committee voiced their thoughts last night about Cameco’s bid for renewed uranium operation licences at ongoing CNSC hearings in La Ronge. Norman Wolverine has sat on the board ever since it was...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013 | Current News
An environmental group says it doesn’t think 10-year licenses should be awarded to Cameco’s three main northern operations. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society says a two-year license renewal makes more sense. On Wednesday afternoon the group addressed the Canadian...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013 | Current News
Northern Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer took the floor this morning at the Cameco re-licensing hearings being held in La Ronge. Dr. James Irvine says extensive studies on health impacts in the north began in the 1990’s. He says they looked at everything...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013 | Current News
Safety was the key message delivered last night in La Ronge by Cameco as the uranium company began outlining to the CNSC why it should get new licences at three of its northern Saskatchewan mines. Cameco officials spoke at length about the safety measures being taken...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013 | Current News
A Metis woman is one of seven people selected to receive Saskatchewan’s Order of Merit. May Henderson is the current provincial secretary of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan, and has served as the executive director of the Saskatoon Indian and Metis...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013 | Current News
A record-breaking number of events are planned for this Friday to mark a national day of remembrance for missing or murdered Aboriginal women. The Native Women’s Association of Canada says an unprecedented 200 gatherings are planned for the 8th Annual Sisters in...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2013 | Current News
It has been a year to remember for Saskatchewan’s Ranch Ehrlo Society. The outreach group’s annual survey says that 81% of children using a society home last year showed significant improvement in functioning. As well, over 70% of the families they worked...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2013 | Current News
Lloydminster RCMP are warning the public to be on alert for a high-risk sex offender. Forty-eight-year-old Michael Sean Stanley left Edmonton this morning and is known to have discarded an electronic monitoring bracelet in the Lloydminster area. Stanley is described...
by MBC News | Oct 1, 2013 | Current News
The public is being invited to a series of hearings in La Ronge this week involving Cameco and bids for licence renewals at three northern Saskatchewan uranium operations. The company will present its arguments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission at the Kikinahk...
