by MBC News | Mar 29, 2019 | Current News
Canada’s first co-working space on an urban reserve will soon open in Saskatoon. The facility is called Uspace and is being built on the second floor of the First Nations Bank of Canada building on 4th Avenue South. The creation of the urban reserve under the...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2019 | Current News
A police review into the investigation of the death of a 29-year-old Indigenous woman who died after falling 10 storeys in a hotel laundry chute is complete. Regina police released the review into the death of Nadine Machiskinic Thursday afternoon. Machiskinic’s body...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2019 | Current News
Woodland caribou recovery strategies will continue to be developed and implemented this year. Woodland caribou are classified as a threatened species. While Canada has a national recovery strategy, Saskatchewan is developing its own to protect the ungulates habitat....
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2019 | Current News
The Sask. government is not through looking into the operations of the northern village of Pinehouse. On Thursday the Ministry of Government Relations expanded the scope in its investigation of the community by appointing a supervisor to oversee the operations and a...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2019 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says governments need a much more coordinated response when it comes to emergency management issues in on-reserve communities. The FSIN says First Nations communities are simply waiting too long for the support they need...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2019 | Current News
Commercial seaplane operators in Canada will have to abide by an amended Canadian Aviation Regulation (CAR) within the next 18 months. The change will require passengers and crew members who are travelling in a commercial float plane with fewer than nine seats to wear...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2019 | Current News
Despite not having an obstetrician at the Flin Flon General Hospital, Saskatchewan babies continue to be delivered there. Stats released by the Sask. Government Monday show eight babies were delivered there in 2019. Expectant mothers were told in November that Flin...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2019 | Current News
Cameco says it wants to remove 20 of 65 properties from the former Beaverlodge project out of its control and into a provincial program. It has applied to amend its Waste Facility Operating Licence, with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. The Beaverlodge Project...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2019 | Current News
Lac La Ronge Indian Band child and family services is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. The organization provides a number of services to the band’s six-member communities including child protection and foster care. Child and family services assistant...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2019 | Current News
A La Ronge judge has again delayed the sentencing for a third person who pleaded guilty in the killing of local restaurant owner Simon Grant. The attack which took place at Grant’s restaurant, Louisiana’s Bar-B-Que in La Ronge in April of 2017 that left Grant severely...
