by MBC News | Jun 30, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of policecanada.ca Saskatchewan’s Environment Minister, Scott Moe, is reaching out to FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron to further discuss concerns over illegal outfitting involving some First Nations. Over the past 18 months, there have been about eight...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2017 | Current News
Marlene Bird and her partner Patrick Lavallee outside court on March 15. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The decision on whether Leslie Black will become a dangerous offender is now in the hands of a Prince Albert judge who says he is delaying retirement by several months...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2017 | Current News
The Thursday night vigil. Photo courtesy “Bring Happy Home,” Facebook photo by Karen Sanderson. Candle light vigils were held in Prince Albert and La Ronge last night as part of the preparation for another search for a missing woman. Forty-two-year-old...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017 | Current News
File photo of FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says a recent imposition of quotas on First Nation outfitters is creating an uneven playing field when it comes to outfitting in the province. In an FSIN news release, Cameron says...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017 | Current News
Marilyn Poitras, a Commissioner for the National Inquiry on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Woman and Girls. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Prince Albert’s Honouring Our Brothers and Sisters Memorial Walk has always been about supporting Indigenous people regardless of...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of AFN website The Assembly of First Nations has launched a new digital resource for teachers. The “It’s Our Time First Nations Toolkit” will be available on iTunes U for schools across the country in time for the fall. The toolkit will be a...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017 | Current News
McClean Lake Operation. Photo courtesy of nuclearsafety.gc.ca The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has renewed AREVA’s license for the McClean Lake Operation for a 10-year period. The decision was made following a public hearing held earlier this month in La Ronge....
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017 | Current News
Susan Harty. Photo courtesy Manfred Joehnck. Cameco, along with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and a Regina custom kitchen company, have made a dream come true for a Regina woman who is battling life-threatening liver cancer. Susan Harty, 50, wanted a new kitchen, a...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2017 | Current News
Emily Iron. Photo supplied by RCMP. UPDATE: Emily Iron has been located. Mounties are asking for the public’s help in finding 13-year-old Emily Iron from Canoe Lake. Iron was reported missing to Canoe Lake RCMP on Wednedsay, June 27 after last being seen earlier...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2017 | Current News
photo courtesy Saskatchewan Environment website Provincial environment officials are warning people that encounters with black bears are happening more often at this time of the year. Within the last week, Saskatchewan Environment has received a number of calls about...