by MBC News | Feb 6, 2018
A lone male was arrested Monday morning after RCMP Emergency Response and Crisis Negotiation and Containment teams were called to a residence on Big River First Nation on Sunday. The situation began when RCMP responded to a complaint of a distraught male in a...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
It is a sad day for Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation. Long-time Saskatchewan journalist and MBC legislative correspondent Manfred Joehnck has passed away suddenly in the Battlefords. He was in the community for coverage of the ongoing Gerald Stanley murder trial....
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is voicing their concerns over what they say is a lack of First Nations involvement in a study on Woodland Caribou. Recently the province announced $340,000 in funding for a study on Woodland Caribou. The study comes in...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
The process of developing an open-pit silica sand mine south of La Ronge could take much longer than what the public is being told, and the project is far from being a sure thing. Garcia Silica Inc., a company based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, has obtained the mineral...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
The chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council is hoping a one-day event in the city Tuesday will continue to showcase the successes of many First Nation entrepreneurs. Over 1,300 high school students and nearly 80 businesses and organizations will be on hand for the...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
Team North is sending around 70 athletes to compete at the upcoming Saskatchewan Winter Games in North Battleford later in the month. “They’re going to be facing the best competition in the province, so I think they’ll start getting excited once they hit the charter...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
Meetings on the Atlas of the Metis of Northwest Saskatchewan Project will be hosted in Buffalo Narrows on February 12 and Ile-a-la-Crosse on February 13. The Gabriel Dumont Institute will host the sessions, which are scheduled to run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on each...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2018
A Red Cross training session on March 3 and 4 is aiming to prepare northern volunteers for future evacuations. The session will be held in Prince Albert and is open to anyone. Representatives with the health organization say participants need to get in touch soon if...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
It was the case of dueling firearms experts at the second degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley in Battleford today. He is accused of shooting 22 year old Colten Boushie to death in August of 2016 after Boushie and a group of his friends arrived at the Stanley Farm...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2018
The federal Department of Indigenous Affairs is weighing in on the current power struggle on Montreal Lake Cree Nation for the position of chief. In a statement provided to MBC, Indigenous Affairs was unwilling to say if they recognize any one person as chief of the...
