by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014 | Current News
The northern hamlet of Timber Bay has lost the only building it had for community functions to a weekend fire. The Saturday afternoon blaze completely levelled the hamlet’s recreation centre. Mayor Peggy Hennie says she cried all the way home after she got the...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014 | Current News
The Little Pine First Nation wants to go it alone on two new casino proposals — one in Lloydminster, the other in Estevan. The band is willing to ante up tens of millions of dollars, but it first needs to win the approval of the provincial government. The...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014 | Current News
Ten years after the last attempt to amend their election act, members of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation have given their blessing to a new election code. Seventy-six per cent of voters who took part in the band’s ratification vote this past Friday were in...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014 | Current News
An MBC-produced animated television series has been nominated for an award at the Yorkton Film Festival. “Louis Says” is one of four nominees for a Golden Sheaf Award in the Children’s and Youth Production Category. The half-hour show is designed to...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014 | Current News
It has now been more than a week and there is still no sign of two Regina women who were last seen at a home where their 53-year-old roommate was murdered. The body of Ray Yacevich was found in the burned out remains of a home in North Central Regina on March 23. He...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2014 | Current News
A lawyer has been appointed by a court for a former Moosomin First Nation Day School teacher who is accused of indecent assault. Sixty-nine-year-old Morris David Hryniuk faces eight separate charges of indecent assault. They are alleged to have occurred between 1964...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2014 | Current News
A gold mining company has taken another big hit at its northern Saskatchewan operations. Golden Band Resources lost more than $15.6 million during the last quarter, adding to a string of losses that go back two years. It is the biggest quarterly loss for Golden Band...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2014 | Current News
Regina police want to talk to a mother and daughter who shared a home with a man who was murdered last weekend. At first, it looked like a death caused by a fire – but an autopsy has determined 53-year-old Ray Yacevich died as a result of foul play. His body was...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2014 | Current News
The historic Bell of Batoche will be in La Ronge on Saturday evening for a public viewing. The bell, which was taken from the Métis at the Battle of Batoche in 1885, went missing for a number of years but reappeared at Back to Batoche Days last summer. The historic...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2014 | Current News
The University of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies have signed a new agreement to work more closely together to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students. As a result, the two institutions will work collaboratively on...
