by MBC News | Jul 11, 2016 | Current News
A photo of a vehicle that drove into the washout on Highway 165. No one was hurt in the incident. Photo courtesy Facebook. While southeast Saskatchewan deals with flooding a highway in northern Saskatchewan was washed out because of the rain. The Ministry of...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2016 | Current News
Flooding in Estevan. Photo courtesy of Wanda Harron. The mayor of Estevan is hoping the worst is over, but the city is bracing for more rain after flash floods created a state of emergency. Five to six inches of rain fell within a couple of hours yesterday afternoon...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2016 | Current News
Pelican Narrows RCMP are investigating a sudden death from the weekend. Saturday evening around 8 pm officers were called to the local health centre. An unresponsive man had been brought there and a short time later was pronounced dead. The Major Crimes Unit was...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2016 | Current News
The piece of racist graffiti written on the Broadway Bridge, on July 4. Photo courtesy Kara Daniels, Facebook A First Nations woman is calling out the person who wrote a piece of racist graffiti on Saskatoon’s Broadway Bridge. While on a walk with a friend...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2016 | Current News
The Nebo conservation site. Photo by Matthew Braun There’s a unique opportunity in the Prince Albert area this weekend for anyone looking to get out into nature. The Nature Conservancy of Canada is hosting a bio-blitz where volunteers can help them keep track of...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2016 | Current News
Paula Bali, Mekayla’s Mother It was an emotional scene at RCMP headquarters in Regina today when the family of a missing Yorkton teen made an impassioned plea for her to come home. 17-year-old Mekayla Bali was last seen on April 12th in Yorkton. RCMP have...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy Morel Mushroom Workshops and Harvests in the Northwest Territories in 2015. A burn zone is the prime spot to find morel mushrooms, but this year that didn’t pan out as well as many in northern Saskatchewan had hoped. Morel mushrooms typically...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2016 | Current News
Pauline McKay, photo courtesy Facebook. Pauline McKay has been a teacher and educator for several years, but has always been troubled by the low graduation rates for First Nation students in the province. That’s why after years of teaching she jumped at the...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2016 | Current News
A report says an incident earlier this year that saw two homeless men in Saskatchewan given one-way bus tickets to British Columbia could have been handled better. However, the report says providing transportation aid is within Saskatchewan’s Social Services...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2016 | Current News
The people who deal with day-to-day operations in northern municipalities combined forces in Prince Albert this week at the New North Administrators Conference. About two dozen people learned the ins and outs of the Provincial Ombudsman’s office, which recently...
