by MBC News | Feb 4, 2015
The Parkland Health Region in Prince Albert has been named one of Saskatchewan’s top employers. This is the tenth year top employer designations have been handed out. Employers are selected based on several criteria. These include benefits, communication, training,...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2015
A northern Saskatchewan investment firm is expanding its portfolio by buying a 50 per cent stake in a Prince Albert company with a long history of serving that city and beyond. Athabasca Basin Development now owns half of Tru-North RV, Auto and Marine. The CEO of...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2015
Delegates at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Saskatoon passed two resolutions Tuesday afternoon that could directly impact the north. One resolution calls on municipal leaders to pressure the federal government to call a national...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2015
A man who escaped from police while making a court appearance in Black Lake last month has been recaptured. Stony Rapids RCMP say they received information on the whereabouts of 21-year-old Solomon Toutsaint on Sunday morning. Officers then went to a home in Black...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2015
A 25-year-old woman charged with manslaughter following the death of a man in Wollaston Lake is due back in court next month. Adrienne Linklater, a resident of Hatchet Lake First Nation, was arrested Jan. 22 and appeared in La Ronge Provincial Court last week. On Jan....
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2015
A number of anti-poverty groups have banded together to push the federal government to take a more active role in dealing with the great economic disparity facing Canada’s Aboriginal population. Aboriginal people are by far the poorest group in the country and...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2015
Members and supporters of the Northern Trappers’ Alliance met this past weekend to discuss plans going forward. In November, a group of trappers erected a highway blockade north of La Loche in response to the what they say has been disruption to their trap lines...
by MBC News | Feb 3, 2015
A northern Saskatchewan MLA is doing his part to pressure the provincial government to establish a homeless shelter in La Ronge. Doyle Vermette is the NDP MLA for the Cumberland constituency and he says he has been working with a number of local groups to bring to the...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2015
Revenue sharing dominated the discussion Monday afternoon at the 2015 Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention. Due to plummeting oil prices, the province is dealing with about a $600 to $800 million hole in the upcoming budget. Last month, Premier...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2015
Rob Head has been re-elected as the chief of the Peter Chapman First Nation. The band held elections this past Friday with Head once again emerging victorious. Chief Head will also have a number of previous council members rejoining him in the next term. Brian Head,...
