by MBC News | Oct 5, 2017
Photo courtesy of johncochrane.ca Doctors in the Kelsey Trail Health Region are cautioning people after an increase in the number of Cumberland House residents contracting the ailment formally known as pertussis. Early symptoms of pertussis or whooping cough include...
by MBC News | Oct 5, 2017
La Ronge. Photo courtesy of tourismsaskatchewan.com Police are looking for two suspects in connection with an attempted abduction in La Ronge. RCMP say on September 26, two individuals grabbed a 29-year-old woman and attempted to drag her into their truck. A witness...
by MBC News | Oct 5, 2017
Vanessa Linklater and her husband Calvin McCallum in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. Health professionals and patients from northern Saskatchewan are urging decision makers to embrace further advancements in technology. A one-day conference in Saskatoon on Thursday...
by MBC News | Oct 5, 2017
Photo courtesy of pamodelforest.sk.ca There will be a hotly contested by-election for the position of chief of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation next month. An elders council has stepped in to review the suspension and exclusion of several candidates from the election...
by MBC News | Oct 5, 2017
Thomas Benjoe. Photo courtesy of University of Regina. The President and CEO of File Hills Developments, Thomas Benjoe, is among five recipients to be presented with an Alumni Crowning Achievement Award at the University of Regina. Benjoe will receive the Outstanding...
by MBC News | Oct 4, 2017
Members of the PAGC, RCMP and Prince Albert City Police gather in a circle to pay respects to missing and murdered Indigenous women. Photo by Travis Radke. Communities across Canada — including several in Saskatchewan — gathered today for Sisters in Spirit...
by MBC News | Oct 4, 2017
A La Loche man who was accidentally released from RCMP custody has been charged with assault. RCMP say Justin Lemaigre was mistakenly released from custody Monday evening following a court appearance in La Loche. The 35 year-old was on remand for a number of charges...
by MBC News | Oct 4, 2017
File photo A 34-year-old Prince Albert woman has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of a Montreal Lake man. Last month, a 58-year-old man from Montreal Lake was struck and killed while walking on Highway 2 just north of Prince Albert. The...
by MBC News | Oct 4, 2017
Wild rice harvesting in northern Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy of Kandis Riese, Riese Photography. Wild rice harvesters in northern Saskatchewan are having one of their worst years in recent memory. “I myself need more than two million pounds, and this year...
by MBC News | Oct 4, 2017
Hundreds gather at a Sisters in Spirit vigil in 2015. File photo. On Wednesday night, vigils are expected across Canada, all with the aim of raising awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The Sisters in Spirit Vigils have steadily grown since...
