by MBC News | Sep 6, 2017 | Current News
Event poster. Photo courtesy of Facebook. A collection of northern Saskatchewan residents are urging their leaders to declare a state of emergency over youth suicides. Several community members are expected to attend a meeting in Buffalo Narrows on Wednesday night to...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2017 | Current News
Henk Ruys Soccer Centre, Saskatoon. Courtesy of Vanessa Lynn Linklater McCallum. Evacuees are being moved out of a soccer centre in Saskatoon and into hotels, while more men and equipment are being put on the front lines of forest fires near Pelican Narrows. Meantime,...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017 | Current News
Cut Knife RCMP have arrested and charged four people from Little Pine First Nation with trafficking cocaine. RCMP say they responded to a complaint of an assault yesterday morning, which led officers to search a home on the reserve. In the home, police say they seized...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017 | Current News
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. Residents of several northeast Saskatchewan communities have been forced to make the best of a bad situation patiently waiting for word on when it is safe to go home. Last Tuesday,...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017 | Current News
Photo by Joel Willick A discussion on how to successfully implement renewable energy in remote and northern communities took centre stage in Saskatoon on Tuesday. Experts from Alaska, Finland, Norway, the Yukon and Northwest Territories along with Indigenous and...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of sgi.sk.ca Evacuated residents from Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay are being told to keep their receipts. A team of SGI adjusters will be making sure evacuees are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses while they are away from home. SGI is also...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017 | Current News
Earlier this year, Lloyd Stang (left) speaks with media as Pouria Tabrizi-Reardigan (right) stands beside him. MBC file photo. The family of one La Loche murder victim is disappointed by a further delay in sentencing for the mass shooter who claimed four lives on Jan....
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017 | Current News
Tribal Chief Felix Thomas in February at the Future is Yours Career Expo. MBC file photo. A new partnership at Saskatchewan Polytechnic is aiming to increase food sovereignty for Indigenous people. Through a five-year memorandum of understanding signed with the...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017 | Current News
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. The fire situation in northeast Saskatchewan is described as stable today, even though the smoke has cleared for now, but it is still anyone’s guess as to how long it will be before...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of pathwaystoeducation.ca A charitable organization that offers support for high school students in low-income communities across Canada is expanding its reach into Saskatchewan. Pathways to Education is partnering with the Saskatoon Tribal Council...
