by MBC News | Dec 6, 2017
The NDP opposition is grilling the provincial government over the Quill Lakes water diversion project. The project would see seven million cubic metres of water diverted from the area of Quill Lakes, down into Last Mountain Lake. The project was designed to ease the...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2017
Screenshot of PAGC Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte addressing the AFN Assembly. Photo courtesy of CPAC.com The grand chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council brought concerns of northern Saskatchewan commercial fishers to the AFN special assembly in Ottawa Wednesday...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2017
File photo Meadow Lake RCMP are looking to the public for information on the whereabouts of 22-year-old Austin Cole Lafond. Police say Lafond is wanted on several charges, including two counts of flight from police and three counts of dangerous operation of a motor...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2017
Corey O’Soup speaking to media in La Ronge. Photo courtesy of Braden Malsbury. The province’s children’s advocate uses the thoughts and feelings of youth in the north to lay out a blueprint to deal with the Indigenous youth suicide crisis. Corey O’Soup unveiled his...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2017
An NDP leadership hopeful is pushing the Saskatchewan Government to fund all HIV treatments. During Question Period on Tuesday Ryan Meili petitioned the province to fund antiretroviral treatments for HIV. ART medications do not cure HIV but in some cases have been...
by MBC News | Dec 5, 2017
Photo courtesy of crwflags.com Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is putting the final touches on a memorandum of understanding between them and the Government of Canada. In the historic Daniels decision, the Supreme Court of Canada redefined Metis standing in the country....
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
Blanket exercise at RCMP Training Academy in Regina on December 4, 2017. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. Instructors at the RCMP Training Academy in Regina took part in a blanket exercise on Monday. It gave them a unique and emotional connection to the Indigenous community...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
The NDP opposition is criticizing the provincial government for the transition process for students following the closure of the Northern Teachers Education Program. This past March NORTEP was taken over by Northlands College. There have been some reports of...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
A federal court application is in the works seeking a judge’s decision on the legitimacy of a recent by-election process on Montreal Lake Cree Nation. The contested by-election for chief was originally called in September by the band’s chief electoral...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2017
Robbery suspects. Photo courtesy of RCMP. Beauval RCMP are looking for two suspects after a robbery in the community this past Friday. Police say two individuals broke into a business on Pederson Street, where they allegedly made off with an undisclosed amount of...
