by MBC News | Sep 15, 2016
Child tax credit form. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Northern Saskatchewan’s federal representative is thanking people for making recent disabilities tax sessions a big success. The NDP-led sessions explained lesser-known benefits that can put money back in...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2016
Michel Boutin and Terry-Lynn McDonald. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The Indigenous Peoples Artist Collective is celebrating 10 years of using art to bridge the racial gaps in Prince Albert. IPAC has a history of displaying thought-provoking pieces, and this year is no...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2016
Saskatchewan Medical Association’s President Dr. Intheran Pillay and Vice President Dr. Joanne Silverston are touring health regions across the province to discuss health care related issues. Photo courtesy sma.sk.ca. La Ronge area doctors are voicing their...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2016
First Nations University of Canada. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. The vice president of academics at the First Nations University of Canada, Lynn Wells, is encouraged by the remarkable growth in the number of Aboriginal students taking classes at the province’s...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2016
Kevin Janvier after a public meeting in La Loche in August. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Municipal elections are coming up across Saskatchewan, and many eyes will be on the northern community of La Loche on Oct. 5. Acting Mayor Kevin Janvier was at the helm after the...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2016
File photo. RCMP say foul play is not suspected following a house fire last week at Montreal Lake Cree Nation. Autopsies have been completed in Saskatoon. The victims have been identified as a 36-year-old woman and a 23-month-old girl, both from Montreal Lake. Police...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2016
Canada’s Governor General, David Johnston. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. It was a visit 142 years in the making and it was well received. Canada’s Governor General, David Johnston, took part in the Treaty Four Protocol Ceremony in Fort Qu’Appelle on Tuesday...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2016
Norma Shepherd. Photo courtesy Broadview RCMP Mounties are trying to confirm that a 16-year-old girl from Cowessess First Nation is unharmed after last being seen getting into a man’s truck after leaving a home on the reserve. On September 9, Norma Shepherd was...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2016
Beaver Glen campground, Prince Albert National Park. Photo courtesy Sask Tourism on Facebook, original by @anothernate on Instagram Parks Canada is providing $5.4 million to improve public spaces at Prince Albert National Park. The federal announcement, made on...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2016
Courtesy of siga.sk.ca The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority is inviting candidates for Prince Albert’s municipal election to join them in raising money for the local food bank. SIGA, along with the Northern Lights Casino and Northern Lights Development...