by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
SaskTel expects to complete a three-year, $30-million project to improve connectivity in northeastern Saskatchewan by the end of June. The work is being done in partnership with Cameco and SaskPower. SaskTel is building a fibre optics line from La Ronge to Points...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
The last remaining suspect in a January homicide in Prince Albert has been taken into custody. Police say 23-year-old Preston Spencer Dean Bird was arrested on Friday after officers went to a residence in the city’s Midtown area. Bird is facing a charge of...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
A 29-year-old man from Stanley Mission was killed in a snowmobile accident over the weekend. RCMP say the victim was the driver and lone occupant of the snow machine when it collided with rocks along the shoreline of a bay in Stanley Mission at around noon on...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
A 20-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault after a stabbing at a home on the Saulteaux First Nation. RCMP say it happened at around 10 p.m. Friday evening. Mounties found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds to the upper body. The victim was...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2016
Several northern Saskatchewan community members and Indigenous critics of industry caused a stir at a University of Saskatchewan Senate meeting on Saturday. The group representing the Committee For Future Generations organized a rally to try and have their position...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Politicians are offering their sympathies and taking action to soften the blow of the Rabbit Lake mine closure. On Thursday evening, Cameco’s CEO announced that 500 jobs will be eliminated indefinitely at its Rabbit Lake uranium mine. On Friday, Premier Wall...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Cameco has announced it is suspending production at its Rabbit Lake operation in northern Saskatchewan. The changes are expected to result in a reduction of about 500 positions at Rabbit Lake, including employees and long-term contractors. The operational changes...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Ida Sewap and other family members look on as her grandson performs at the fine arts festival. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski There’s something unique about Prince Albert Grand Council Fine Arts Festival that attendees won’t often see at other competitions. When...
by MBC News | Apr 22, 2016
Photo courtesy Twitter, Rick Huijbregts. Students at Black Lake’s Father Porte Memorial Dene School will have a new and unique way to pursue their education. The school will now officially be Saskatchewan’s first to welcome the Connected North Virtual...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2016
SIIT President and CEO Riel Bellegarde along with SIIT Board Chair and Whitecap Dakota Chief Darcy Bear at Thursday’s gala. Representatives of the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies were in a celebratory mood on Thursday night. The organization was...
