by MBC News | Jun 12, 2017 | Current News
Black-legged tick, carrier of Lyme disease. Courtesy of Sask. Health Provincial health officials will provide an update today on the incidence of Lyme disease, which is spread by the black-legged tick, also known as the deer tick. It is fairly rare in Saskatchewan....
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2017 | Current News
La Loche Student Build. Photo courtesy of Government of Saskatchewan. More than $7 million worth of new housing initiatives have been announced for northern Saskatchewan. The money will be used to fund up to 44 affordable rental units and help renovate eight emergency...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2017 | Current News
Pelican Narrows. Photo courtesy of peterballantyne.ca RCMP have not released the name of a 32-year-old man who died in Pelican Narrows on the weekend. Police say the death is suspicious and the Major Crime Unit is investigating. Police received a call about an injured...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017 | Current News
The front page of the LLRIB federal court decision. A federal court decision has been released in relation to the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s spring election process. Henry McKenzie and six other band members filed action for a judicial review in March, in...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017 | Current News
Cell setup at a correctional centre. MBC file photo. Several people are injured and upwards of $100,000 in damages have been inflicted at the Regina Correctional Centre after a Thursday night “disturbance,” the province says. So far, officials confirm the injured...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017 | Current News
Michael Linklater speaking to a room full of people in Saskatoon on Friday about his journey growing his braids. Photo by Joel Willick. According to the founder of an Indigenous culture group, reconciliation between Saskatoon’s Police Service and the...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017 | Current News
The Indigenous Youth Leaders with Senators. Photo Facebook, Christopher Tait. This week, La Ronge’s Modeste McKenzie was among nine young Indigenous adults speaking to the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa. The “Indigenous Youth Leaders” from across...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck Hundreds of people gathered in North Central Regina this morning to take part in the 10th annual smudge walk. The first one was held in 2008 in response to an article in Maclean’s magazine that labeled the neighbourhood the worst in...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017 | Current News
Black Lake. Photo courtesy of cameconorth.com With graduation ceremonies starting today, the community of Black Lake is issuing a warning to bootleggers. Black Lake Chief, Coreen Sayazie, says the community has zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol, and will do what it...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017 | Current News
Saskatchewan Penitentiary. File photo. An inmate has been charged after the death of another inmate at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert this week. RCMP say 28-year-old Tyler Vandewater has been charged with one count of second-degree murder. It follows...
