by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
Tasia Natewayes, 31. Photo courtesy Prince Albert Police Service. EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated where victim Dakota Nayneecassum was from. We regret the error. Prince Albert police are on the lookout for a woman who failed to...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
The Cameco mine at McArthur River. Photo courtesy Cameco.ca Saskatchewan has been named as the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for mining investment. The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies ranked Saskatchewan number one out of 104...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
La Loche Community School Dene Building High School. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. La Loche’s mayor and council have told the province they support the idea of creating an autonomous school division. Last week, La Loche’s elected leaders and school...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
Stony Rapids. Photo courtesy of tourismsaskatchewan.com The investigation continues after the apparent drowning of a man in Stony Rapids on the weekend. Early Saturday morning, Stony Rapids RCMP responded to a complaint at a home in the community. When officers...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of muskowekwan.ca The Muskowekwan First Nation has signed an agreement with Encanto Potash Corp. and the provincial and federal governments that it says will pave the way for the construction of its proposed potash mine on the reserve northeast of...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
Dr. Denise Werker. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. The province’s deputy medical health officer says it is just a matter of time before a mumps outbreak hits Saskatchewan. Dr. Denise Werker held a briefing with reporters in Regina today to tell them what to look...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
Frank Asapace. Photo courtesy of the FSIN. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is extending condolences to the family of famed pow wow dancer and Aboriginal rights activist Frank Asapace, who passed away on Monday. Asapace grew up on the Kawacatoose First...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2017 | Current News
Aboriginal author Joseph Auguste “Augie” Merasty, passed away Monday morning in Prince Albert at the age of 87. He was well known for his book The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir, which covers his boyhood at St. Therese Residential...
by MBC News | Feb 27, 2017 | Current News
Mother and baby at conference in Fort Qu’Appelle. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. First Nations mothers are learning how to reconnect with their children to become better parents. It is part of the rebuilding process caused in part by residential schools,...
by MBC News | Feb 27, 2017 | Current News
The federal government will be investing one million dollars into research projects that will look to address the growing concern of dementia in the Indigenous population across the country. Two research firms will study approaches that combine Indigenous practices...
