by MBC News | Oct 31, 2017 | Current News
Screen shot of Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger during Question Period. A few northern Saskatchewan issues took centre stage during Question Period at the Legislative Assembly in Regina on Tuesday afternoon. Firstly, STC Critic and Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2017 | Current News
Hatchet Lake. Photo courtesy of Cameco. Hope is fading for a 24-year-old Hatchet Lake man who has now been missing for almost three weeks. Despite ground and air searches, there have been no signs of Jean Baptiste Tsannie. The chief of the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation has...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of Onion Lake Border Chiefs The season is underway for the Onion Lake Border Chiefs in the North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League. The team has posted a 3-5-3 record through 11 games this season, and this year’s roster features several northern...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2017 | Current News
A cave painting made on set for the series. Photo courtesy of Barbra Hager. The mini-series 1491: The Untold Story of the Americas before Columbus, will be showcasing the lives of First Nations people in the times before the arrival of European explorers. The series...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2017 | Current News
Georgina Jolibois. Photo courtesy of georginajolibois.ndp.ca The Member of Parliament based in northern Saskatchewan, Georgina Jolibois, is taking the next step in making Indigenous Peoples’ Day a national holiday. A private member’s bill, proposing the...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2017 | Current News
Woodland caribou. Photo courtesy of Government of Saskatchewan. The provincial Environment Department has unveiled its next step in protecting and growing the woodland caribou herd in Saskatchewan. It was listed as at risk by the federal government in 2003. The herd...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2017 | Current News
Pinehouse Mayor Mike Natomagan in Ottawa in 2016. Photo by Joel Willick. The mayor of the northern Village of Pinehouse says their decision to hold an addiction awareness month has had a tremendous positive effect on the community. For the past five years, the...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2017 | Current News
The Cameco mine at McArthur River. Photo courtesy Cameco.ca The financial situation for uranium giant Cameco has gone from bad to worse. Third quarter losses for the year total $124 million dollars, with losses for the first nine months of the year at $143 million....
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2017 | Current News
Darlene Brander with Athabasca Catering. Photo by Joel Willick. According to industry leaders, the future for women in the mining industry is bright. The 2017 Mine Your Potential Conference came to Saskatoon on Friday. The conference brings together representatives...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy cwf-fcf.org The province says they are setting limits on First Nation hunting outfitters due to sustainability. Earlier this week the FSIN Assembly in Saskatoon voted in favour to reject the province’s export permit policy. This policy requires...
