by MBC News | Apr 24, 2017 | Current News
Steve McLellan, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. After months of public consultations, a group of five business organizations has released a report that looks at long-term prosperity for the province by making changes...
by MBC News | Apr 24, 2017 | Current News
Kinew James. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Two weeks have been set aside for an inquest into the death of an Aboriginal woman in the Saskatoon Regional Psychiatric Centre more than four years ago. 35-year-old Kinew James died of an apparent heart attack. She had a...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2017 | Current News
The makeshift memorial in front of Louisiana’s Barb-B-Que. Photo courtesy Kandis Riese, Facebook. A La Ronge vigil is planned for Sunday night in memory of Simon Grant. The well-loved Louisiana’s Barb-B-Que owner was fatally attacked during a robbery at his business...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2017 | Current News
Ralph Goodale on Friday April 21. Photo by Dean Bear. The federal government will be investing $1.97 million in two Saskatchewan post-secondary institutions. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made the announcement in Saskatoon on Friday on behalf of Navdeep Bains,...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2017 | Current News
ICNGD graduate students and staff at field school in Norway in the fall. Photo courtesy @UiTromsoHSL, Twitter. This is the first story in a multi-part series on the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development. Northern master’s program students are...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2017 | Current News
File photo A host of charges, including impaired driving have been laid against a Big River man accused of driving his vehicle into a group of children on April 9th. An 11-year-old girl remains in hospital with undetermined injuries. 20-year-old Colt Morin of the Big...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of siit.sk.ca The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies is reaching out to the corporate community, educators, business leaders, government departments and agencies to provide an intense two-day crash course on what residential schools have done...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2017 | Current News
Elder Jonas Bird teaches a traditional Woodland Cree counting game at the in February. Photo courtesy Tammy Cook-Searson, Facebook. Young people are being asked what Lac La Ronge needs to do to build a strong community. A youth and community cultural engagement...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy Angels and Kids Foundation, Facebook. A little-known Saskatchewan group is hoping to raise awareness of the work it does outside of the major urban centres in the province. Angels & Friends Foundation is run by an all-volunteer staff and board who...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2017 | Current News
Graphic courtesy Northern Saskatchewan Trapper’s Association, Facebook. For the second year ever, the Northern Saskatchewan Trapper’s Association’s annual convention in La Ronge will host a full day of presentations and demonstrations for young people....
