by MBC News | Aug 20, 2015 | Current News
After crews and equipment from the United States helped douse northern Saskatchewan forest fires earlier this summer, the province is doing the same south of the border. Saskatchewan has sent a team to the United States to help deal with wildfires there. A bird-dog...
by MBC News | Aug 19, 2015 | Current News
The First Nations bands challenging the federal government’s First Nations Financial Transparency Act argued in Saskatoon court Wednesday that disclosure of their business earnings would hurt them and help their competitors. One after another, lawyers for the bands...
by MBC News | Aug 19, 2015 | Current News
A serious charge against Sturgeon Lake’s Henry Felix has been dropped. A rape charge, relating to an alleged sexual assault dating back to 1974, was laid against Felix more than a year ago. Back then, the legal term was rape. Through researching SGI records, searched...
by MBC News | Aug 19, 2015 | Current News
A 15-year study into premature death finds the rate is more than twice as high in the First Nations community. First Nations adults between the ages of 25 and 74 are more than twice as likely to die from avoidable causes compared to non-aboriginal adults. The results...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015 | Current News
A monument at the site of two former residential schools in downtown La Ronge has been repaired and returned to where it was unveiled a year ago. The monument was part of an emotional ceremony at last year’s Woodland Cree Gathering, which was held on the urban reserve...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015 | Current News
The boil water advisory for the Saskatchewan city of North Battleford is over. The Water Security Agency has given them the all-clear, said city manager James Puffalt, who is pleased with how everything was handled. “Overall the plant does what it’s supposed to do,...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015 | Current News
The province’s privacy commissioner is calling for changes to The Privacy Act and apologies to a former health aid worker who became the centre of political debate during the spring sitting of the legislature. The worker raised concerns about conditions at Oliver...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015 | Current News
The RCMP says a peace officer was assaulted with a weapon by four men in the Onion Lake area on Friday. That charge comes in a long list for the four men – including uttering threats, fleeing from police, impaired driving, dangerous driving, and resisting arrest....
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015 | Current News
The end was in sight for traffic woes for those heading north or south of Prince Albert, but now at least another year of delays around the bridge is in store. This summer, lane restrictions from nearby roadway construction bottle-necked traffic down to two lanes as...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2015 | Current News
Sandy Bay RCMP are on the hunt for a suspected arsonist responsible for a major fire at the airport early Saturday morning. A building belonging to Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure was destroyed. A second building belonging to SaskPower was damaged by the...
