by MBC News | Oct 16, 2017
Cell setup at a correctional centre. MBC file photo. The federal government wants to find alternatives to jail for Indigenous offenders. Even though they represent only about four per cent of the Canadian population, Corrections Canada says they represent about 24 per...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2017
Photo courtesy @NorthSaskTrappers, Facebook. Saskatchewan’s Provincial Fur Specialist says he is encouraged by the fur market prices from this past year. Over the past few years the wild fur industry has been under stress after many different species were seeing...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2017
RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a fire in Stanley Mission. Last Wednesday morning fires were reported in a vacant home and a shed in the backyard. A 23-year-old man was found in the shed and taken to hospital with serious injuries....
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2017
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says there was a small propane explosion in the acid plant sulphur furnace at Cameco’s Key Lake mill earlier this week. The CNSC says it happened on Tuesday when workers were initiating the start-up of the plant. The...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2017
Photo by Manfred Joehnck Ground was broken this morning for a new special needs housing complex to be built in North Central Regina, a couple of blocks from the old Taylor Field. The $1.4-million Samaritan Project is among a dozen new affordable housing projects being...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2017
A manslaughter charge has been laid after a death on the Clearwater River Dene Nation this past summer. RCMP say 41-year-old Bradley Scott Lemaigre was found dead outside a home in the community on August 10. Police say after an investigation they arrested 29-year-old...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2017
A charge of impaired driving causing death has been stayed against a North Battleford man, but Terrance Watson was sentenced to 90 days in jail on a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. The case was heard in North Battleford court on September...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2017
SFNED Executive Director Shaun Soonias speaking at a business summit in Lloydminster. A prominent Indigenous business leader is urging First Nations to invest in the Saskatchewan economy. Shaun Soonias, the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan First Nations Economic...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2017
A model photo of the casino. Courtesy SIGA. The President of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority says the new casino build in Lloydminster is on time and on budget. Official construction on the casino began in early September by the Border Tribal Council. Crews...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2017
Prince Albert KidSport chairperson Dwight Bergstrom explains how the non-profit benefits the community at the showroom in Lakeland Ford. Photo: Travis Radke A non-profit organization is working with Prince Albert businesses to bring sports to youth in poverty....
