by MBC News | Jul 24, 2015 | Current News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it is up to the premiers to decide if the Senate should be reformed or abolished — but in the meantime, he will not appoint any new members. Harper made the comments in the Saskatchewan legislative building this afternoon after...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2015 | Current News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Brad Wall along with Members of Parliament Rob Clarke and Randy Hoback and community leaders met in La Ronge this morning. La Ronge Mayor Thomas Sierzycki, Air Ronge Mayor Gordon Stomp were in attendance, along with Lac La Ronge...
by MBC News | Jul 24, 2015 | Current News
More than 2,700 homes in a number of small northern Saskatchewan communities will be getting high speed internet service over the next couple of years. The federal government announced today it is providing $7.4 million for the broadband project which should be...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
The Onion Lake Cree Nation has plans to expand its community health services. The band and the University of Saskatchewan have agreed to add a nursing program to the other university classes currently offered on the reserve. University spokesperson Heather Exner-Pirot...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
An expert on First Nations and psychological stress says this year’s forest fire evacuations in northern Saskatchewan show there is a better way to deal with a mass and prolonged evacuation of thousands of Aboriginal people. Professor Jim Waldram is a...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
RCMP say Samantha Bird has been found safe. Samantha Bird was reported missing yesterday. She was last seen at the residence she was staying at in Shellbrook. Bird is 5’4” tall, weighs 130 lbs, has brown eyes and wears her long black hair in a half ponytail. She was...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
UPDATE – Regina police report Jazzmin Dubois has been found unharmed. Regina police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 12-year-old Aboriginal girl. Jazzmin Rockel Dubois was last seen in North Central Regina at about 6:00 Monday morning. Jazzmin is...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
The Town of Creighton is getting $250,000 from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization for taking part in recent preliminary assessment studies. The study found there was “limited” potential for a nuclear waste storage facility. As a result, Creighton...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
There has been a drug bust on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation near Shellbrook. Thirty-one-year-old Ashley Dee is facing charges of possessing methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking, as well as breaching probation orders. A youth was also arrested and charged with...
by MBC News | Jul 23, 2015 | Current News
The support for people who had to flee from their homes during the forest fires in northern Saskatchewan continues. First Nations Bank of Canada is shelling out $10,000 for food hampers, but the contribution is doubling thanks to PotashCorp and Kitsaki Management....
