by MBC News | Jan 16, 2017 | Current News
Nicole Rancourt, Doyle Vermette, and Carla Beck. Photo courtesy Facebook, Doyle Vermette. Saskatchewan’s education critic says it is important that the local voice not be lost as the province moves towards amalgamation and centralizing of services like health boards...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2017 | Current News
Big River RCMP are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a 16-year-old girl. Brianna Thomas was last seen on Christmas Day at a round dance on the Big River First Nation. She was reported missing after failing to return as expected on December 30....
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2017 | Current News
Prince Albert Grand Council leadership at a recent event at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Guests at next week’s Sovereignty and Treaty Relations Forum are in store for quite a few history lessons. The four-day Prince Albert...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2017 | Current News
Elder Florence Highway, centre, is among the three women quoted as they share their personal stories in the Canadian Diabetes Association report. An annual report on diabetes in Saskatchewan is putting pressure on the provincial government to pay more attention to...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2017 | Current News
An accident is being blamed for a major power outage which hit northern Saskatchewan early this morning. In some areas the power went out around 12:30 a.m. At one point, areas impacted included Waskesui, Montreal Lake and Weyakwin north to La Ronge, Missinipe and...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2017 | Current News
Brenda Janvier and her granddaughter Zaila Kokan at the Kids First office in La Loche on Jan. 9. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski As the anniversary of the La Loche mass shooting looms closer, a number of community-minded residents are speaking up about how the past year...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of abo-peoples.org The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples got some special attention from the Prime Minister yesterday, but the group is in a fight with other Aboriginal organizations for a spot at the national bargaining table. Congress Vice President, Kim...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2017 | Current News
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. MBC file photo. Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron is issuing a response to the federal cabinet shift, which was announced on Tuesday. While many are focusing on the announcement that MP Chrystia Freeland is taking...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2017 | Current News
Delores Stevenson. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. A Regina woman says she will not rest until she gets answers on how her 29-year-old niece ended up inside a hotel laundry chute, and then fell ten stories to her death two years ago. Delores Stevenson has organized...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2017 | Current News
Band councillor for Clearwater River Dene Nation Lester Herman, La Loche Mayor Robert St. Pierre, Friendship Centre Executive Director Leonard Montgrand and acting Principal Greg Hatch. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. There’s no denying that La Loche has received...
