by MBC News | Jul 25, 2014 | Current News
A trial date has been set for the chief of the Buffalo River Dene Nation on a charge of assault. On Mar. 24, RCMP were called to a home on the reserve after receiving a report that a 29-year-old man had been assaulted. After an investigation, 41-year-old Lance Byhette...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2014 | Current News
Saskatchewan educational stakeholders are in the process of designing a new regulatory body which will provide certification and discipline for teachers. An eight-person transition committee has been appointed to oversee the process including representation from two...
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2014 | Current News
Two men from the Sweetgrass First Nation will be in court next month on drug charges. RCMP say a 27-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday at a traffic stop in North Battleford. A 34-year-old male was also arrested after a home on the reserve was searched....
by MBC News | Jul 25, 2014 | Current News
There were no injuries reported today after a small plane made an emergency landing at the La Ronge airport. RCMP say the flight was headed to Uranium City from Saskatoon when a crack in the windshield caused a loss of cabin pressure. La Ronge Fire, EMS and RCMP were...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2014 | Current News
The federal government is making a $675,000 investment with the goal of linking Indigenous people with jobs. The funding is being provided to the Aboriginal Human Resource Council so that the organization can better track job market information on economic projects...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2014 | Current News
A spokesperson for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization says the organization will continue to explore the option of a nuclear waste storage facility in Creighton in spite of recent opposition from a local First Nation. The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has passed...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2014 | Current News
The provincial government says increased use of technology is making the process of detecting and fighting forest fires more effective. This movement to technology has included putting video cameras in 42 wildfire detection towers. This has also resulted in putting 28...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2014 | Current News
Record water levels have now been reached at Emma and Christopher Lakes and that has prompted the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency to issue an advisory. Recent rainfall is being blamed for the high water and more precipitation is expected in the area over the next...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2014 | Current News
A disabled Aboriginal man is filing a human rights complaint after allegedly being kicked off a Saskatoon transit bus last week. Leslie Tataquason says he, his roommate, Karen Akan, and her two-year-old son, Kisihs Akan, boarded the crowded bus last Wednesday. After a...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2014 | Current News
STARS air ambulance service intends to expand its service to far northern Saskatchewan communities with the acquisition of a new helicopter. Funding for the $16 million dollar aircraft and $11 million dollar hangar is being supplied by Potash Corporation and pilot...
