by MBC News | Jan 17, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The trial of three men accused of first-degree murder and dismembering the body of the victim hit a snag even before it began in Regina’s Court of Queen’s Bench. Two of the jurors asked to be dismissed because of personal reasons. Justice Catherine Dawson excused...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
A shot from Humboldt photographer, Melanie Gray, has taken home the Canadian Museum for Human Rights People’s Choice Award. The photo depicts a powwow dance at an Ontario First Nation that Gray is originally from. “I just wanted to capture that moment,”...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Over 160 First Nations, Metis and Inuit students from across the province were welcomed to the University of Saskatchewan for the third annual “Indigenous Spend-a-Day” last Friday. The numbers have increased since the previous year, but it was noted that a...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Students at the Cowessess and Kahkewistahaw community schools are being hooked up with robots and high-tech digital training as part of a pilot project announced by the provincial government today. The announcement was made this afternoon at the Cowessess Community...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Government representatives from the Northwest Territories will be touring northern Saskatchewan this week to discuss barren ground caribou. Supper will be provided at the first stop tonight in Hatchet Lake, as well as tomorrow and Thursday in Fond Du Lac and Black...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Drivers in the province are being advised to take extra care with their phones to avoid distracted driving charges. Prince Albert motorist, Kent Worth, says he was ticketed for turning over his phone that was placed on his passenger seat. Worth was frustrated, as he...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
A court action aimed at halting the Quill Lakes Water Diversion Project is being put on hold for now. The Pasqua First Nation launched the challenge in an effort to force the Environment Department to conduct a full environmental assessment of the drainage ditch until...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The provincial Environment Department is taking aim at a bug that can devastate ash trees. The emerald ash borer has not shown up in Saskatchewan yet, and the government wants to keep it that way. It has listed the bug as a designated insect pest, giving the...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Melfort Peewee AA Mustangs got a unique opportunity on Sunday when they travelled north to practice at the JRMCC, which is located on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. “We have a couple local boys playing on the Melfort Peewee AA team, Sage Roberts and Kendon...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
An event looking to honour businesses and individuals who make the tri-community area a better place to live is coming to La Ronge later this year. The La Ronge Chamber of Commerce is hosting a tri-community awards gala at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre...
