by MBC News | Jul 31, 2015 | Current News
Ottawa is providing $348,952 in funding so that Saskatchewan Polytechnic can purchase new equipment for its Natural Resource Technology programs. It will enable Sask Polytech to purchase hydroacoustics equipment and unmanned aerial vehicles, enhancing its ability to...
by MBC News | Jul 31, 2015 | Current News
La Ronge and Meadow Lake are two of the big winners in a multi-million-dollar infrastructure announcement today. The federal and provincial governments are providing a combined $23,034,672 for 26 infrastructure projects across the province. The two levels of...
by MBC News | Jul 31, 2015 | Current News
They have their work cut out for them, but they are up to the challenge. This morning, seven new recruits were sworn in to the Regina Police Service. It was quite an accomplishment to make the final cut and for all of them the really hard work is about to begin. It...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2015 | Current News
A member of the Yellow Quill First Nation came home from the Pan Am Games with a gold medal. Twenty-one-year-old Megan Gurski, who is normally a pitcher, was a designated hitter on Canada’s women’s softball team. The Dalmeny resident says she will never...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2015 | Current News
A lengthy psychological report is the reason behind another delay in sentencing for the man who pleaded guilty to the attack on Marlene Bird. In June of 2014, Bird was left with life-altering injuries after she was burnt and cut in downtown Prince Albert. She needed...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2015 | Current News
Next week, a northern weekly newspaper will go to print for the last time. The news about The La Ronge Northerner’s office closing came on Wednesday from its publisher, Glacier Media. Its last day of operations will be August 7, group publisher Brent Fitzpatrick...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2015 | Current News
Uranium giant Cameco reports second quarter profits are down, but the company remains optimistic about the long-term future and its strategy to capitalize on pent up demand as more countries tap into nuclear power. The second quarter results show realized net income...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2015 | Current News
After the prime minister’s visit to La Ronge last week, provincial politicians are making the rounds to other areas where flames were far too close for comfort earlier this month. On Wednesday, the premier and several ministers hopped on a plane to visit Ile a...
by MBC News | Jul 30, 2015 | Current News
The federal government is giving the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies just over a million dollars to provide Aboriginal students with tailored post-secondary training. The money is being delivered through the Post-Secondary Partnerships Program, which...
by MBC News | Jul 29, 2015 | Current News
Two career-training buses have a new look and a new purpose. On Wednesday the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) showed off new paint jobs on their two career training buses. SIIT’s Lisa Shingoose explains what the Job Connections buses have to...