by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016 | Current News
PBCN Urban Councillor Warren McCallum. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Warren McCallum is breathing a lot easier in recent weeks after the federal court reinstated him as urban councillor for Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. The elected position sat vacant for 10 months after...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016 | Current News
George Sanderson. Photo courtesy Facebook. A Sturgeon Lake man accused of sexually assaulting children has been denied bail. The charges against 22-year-old George Sanderson involve a 13-year-old and 15-year-old. He also accused of making and distributing child...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016 | Current News
Chief Rodney Brass gets attendees at the conference to participate in a group activity. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The recently elected Key First Nation chief says helping youth has been a growing cause in his life. Rodney Brass just entered office as chief last...
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016 | Current News
Pine Creek First Nation Chief Charlie Boucher. Photo courtesy of pinecreekfirstnation.com. Two Manitoba First Nations men have pleaded guilty to illegal hunting in Saskatchewan in a case that sparked outrage among First Nations leaders in Manitoba earlier this year....
by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016 | Current News
Rangers member using the old rifle. Photo courtesy of Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Center The process of distributing new rifles to members of the Canadian Rangers is expected to be complete next year at this time. The new bolt action .308 rifles, which are based on...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016 | Current News
MC Eugene Arcand and a residential school support worker at the Indian Residential School Conference. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Elders from Prince Albert Grand Council’s communities shed tears Wednesday morning at an Indian Residential School conference....
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016 | Current News
Corey O’Soup. Photo by Manfred Joehnck Saskatchewan’s new children’s advocate is tasked with the daunting assignment of dealing with a suicide crisis in the north. His first day on the job was yesterday, but by the end of the week, he expects to be in La Ronge,...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016 | Current News
Norman Hector MacAuley. Photo courtesy legacy.com The family of former Cumberland MLA Norman MacAuley were reminded of his service to Saskatchewan this week. MacAuley died at 98 this summer, and served the north as an NDP MLA from 1975 to 1982. Several of his...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy of cameco.com Cameco is doing its best to manage the economic storm that has driven down the world price of uranium to its lowest level in over a decade. Third quarter net earnings for the company were 142 million, compared to a four-million-dollar loss...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2016 | Current News
The landscape in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band area. Photo by Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, courtesy Facebook. Northern Saskatchewan is using resources offered from all over Canada in order to lose no more young girls to suicide in what Lac La Ronge Chief Tammy...
