by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015 | Current News
Tuesday’s downpour didn’t stop a young group of First Nation runners from enthusiastically starting off the Saskatchewan First Nation Summer Games Lance Run. The group of runners, all between the ages of 10 and 24, ran into troubles with delays and power outages...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015 | Current News
The federal government is committing $950,000 towards a new fish processing plant in Ile a la Crosse. The facility is expected to increase the profits of the region’s fishers because fish will no longer have to be shipped elsewhere for processing. Village mayor...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015 | Current News
A decorated soldier who led firefighting efforts in Saskatchewan earlier this month now stands accused of sexually abusing young cadets dating back some 17 years. In a news release issued today, the Department of National Defence says 40-year-old Lt.-Col. Mason...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2015 | Current News
Northern grocers who get federal subsidies to lower the cost of food items will soon have to detail the savings on all their sales receipts to customers. It is part of changes to the Nutrition North program which go into effect next April. The $60-million program...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
The head of the RCMP’s North District in Saskatchewan says Mounties do not have the right to force anyone to comply with a mandatory evacuation order. The issue came up earlier this month in La Ronge when RCMP officers were going door-to-door to make sure people...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
SGI Canada won’t be insuring any home bought in the La Ronge area until all fires within 50 km of the community are “extinguished”. It has brought the local housing market to a virtual standstill — because without insurance, people can’t...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
A semi driver died when he was trying to get out of the mud near Waskesiu early Monday morning. He had been hauling logs just south of Highway 2’s Waskesiu junction when the semi got stuck. A coworker came to help the driver, but in the process something went wrong....
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
A worker received minor burns at AREVA’s McClean Lake uranium mill in northern Saskatchewan a week and a half ago. According to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), the man was working on a high-temperature dryer when he came in contact with heated...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
The RCMP is releasing names in the Red Earth First Nation murder that happened over the weekend. The victim, 42-year-old Dion Head, was found dead in his home on Saturday. Carrot River RCMP received a call about an injured man at a home on the reserve at around 11:30...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2015 | Current News
UPDATE – Prince Albert police report Lawrence Sewap was apprehended early Tuesday afternoon (July 28). Police are on the lookout for a 35-year-old man who escaped from the minimum security unit at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. Corrections...
