by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
Don Burnstick. Photo courtesy Facebook. The threat of this summer’s wildfires may be gone but they’re not forgotten. Groups like Prince Albert Grand Council are still recovering from the extra costs of helping evacuees. This week Saskatoon Tribal Council...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
The FSIN is calling on the province for an immediate stop to the proposed Kutwawagan Creek Water Diversion project for fear of environmental damage. The project would divert water from entering Big Quill Lake by isolating the Kutawagan Creek region providing an outlet...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
RCMP investigating the abduction of a two-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert in southwestern Alberta have found human remains. Victims services officials made the announcement Tuesday night to a horrified crowd that had gathered in Blairmore, Alta.,...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2015 | Current News
The man accused of the attempted murder of Marlene Bird wants to rescind his guilty plea. In late April, Leslie Black entered the plea related to the Prince Albert attack that left Bird wheelchair-bound. The Timber Bay woman was cut and burned in July of 2014 in...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2015 | Current News
Wild rice producers in northern Saskatchewan are currently harvesting what could possibly be the largest crop in the province’s history. The harvest is well underway in Saskatchewan, both on farms in the south and in lakes in the north. Long-time wild rice farmer Lynn...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2015 | Current News
Coming home will now be easier for Fond du Lac students who seek higher education. Transwest Air says it will fund the cost of 53 plane tickets for 26 students – and their dependents – to make trips home while they’re in school. Fond Du Lac’s...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015 | Current News
Saskatchewan is extending its reach when it comes to getting help to fight forest fires. It already has reciprocal wildfire agreements with all of the provinces, the Northwest Territories, as well as a number of states in the U.S.A. This month’s new resource sharing...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015 | Current News
A trapper’s table in Prince Albert in Dec. 2015. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Events happening a half a world away are hurting Saskatchewan’s wild fur trade. One of the biggest customers is Russia, says the Saskatchewan Trappers Association. With Russia facing...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015 | Current News
RCMP investigation into a hit and run on Sturgeon Lake First Nation has revealed the three victims were camping in the vicinity of a gravel road when a vehicle struck them. At around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, paramedics and police were called to the accident scene, which...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015 | Current News
The Liberal Aboriginal Affairs critic says a federal committee’s near-unanimous call for an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women was absent in the final report on violence against women in Canada. Referring to on the parliamentary committee looking into...
